Foxwoods Casino Resort: An Unusual Experiment in Economic Development*
分析了康涅狄格州马尚塔克特佩科特部落拥有的福克斯伍兹赌场度假村,探讨其如何利用地理位置、市场准入和有限的竞争成为西方世界最大的赌场,并指出美国人对印第安人和赌博态度的变化使得类似成功难以复制。
Abstract: The Foxwoods Casino Resort owned by the Mashantucket Pequots of Connecticut is the largest gambling casino in the Western world. The Pequots' Connecticut location enabled the tribe to open a casino, with accessibility to a large market and limited competition. The opening of Foxwoods is also the result of changes in relationships between Americans and Indians and shifts in American attitudes toward gambling. As attitudes and laws change, however, there is little chance that another Indian Foxwoods will be created here or elsewhere in the United States.