The Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi recently made a payment of more than .5 million to the state of Michigan and the FireKeepers Local Revenue Sharing Board, from annual gaming tax revenue from the tribe’s FireKeepers Casino Hotel in Battle Creek. The payment was the second consecutive new annual record.
The payment to the state was $17.1 million, 3.3 percent more than the 2016 amount. The payment to the FLRSB was $5.4 million, 2.6 percent higher than 2016. Since the tribe’s casino hotel opened in August 2009, it has paid more than $107 million to the state and $37.6 million to the FLRSB—a combined total of more than $144.7 million.
NHBP Tribal Council Chairman Jamie Stuck said, “The commitment of the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi to the state of Michigan and our Local Revenue Sharing Board is stronger than ever, with our largest single distribution to date of over $22.5 million dollars. We take great pride in a successful and growing partnership with the local community and the state and look to the future with optimism and enthusiasm as we strive to revitalize the local community, create quality jobs, and assist a multitude of charitable organizations and sponsor events.”
Stuck noted in mid-April the tribe will open the Fire Hub restaurant in downtown Battle Creek, which combines a restaurant and bakery with “a dignified food pantry, operating as an agency of the Food Bank of South Central Michigan.”
