It started as a federally-permitted bingo hall on Mashantucket Pequot reservation land, and now it comprises six casinos and more than 300,000 square feet of gaming space, plus millions more of shopping (including a three-year-old Tanger Outlet Mall), dining, conference space and more than 2,200 hotel rooms.

'Huge casino resorts' belong on the list, too, and Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun attract their fair share of gamers and golfers for good reason.įoxwoods Resort Casino and Lake of Isles Golf Clubĭating back to 1986, Foxwoods has grown in 32 years the way cities tend to grow in 100. The state just isn't famous for much - recently excellent men's and women's college basketball programs, New Haven pizza, Hartford-based insurance companies and some of the richest zip codes in the U.S., in the New York City bedroom communities of Fairfield County. Small price to pay for a couple nights in Connecticut's casino district, though.įor years, when most people thought 'Connecticut,' tourism would not have come to mind. It cost me a couple hundred bucks, but I confirmed what I already suspected: I'm a little better at 'Hole'Em' than 'Hold'Em.' How little poker I've really played became clear quickly a few weeks ago, as I was out of my depth even at the modest $1-$2 No Limit tables, both at Foxwoods' huge poker room and Mohegan Sun's smaller though nicely setup room the following night. I'm no Daniel Negreanu, but I've played a little poker in my life, both online (pre-'Black Friday' Apgovernment shutdown) and live (in a couple casinos and in my fraternity house in college).

Note to self: playing poker on a weeknight is often a losing proposition.

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