Well, Flint Twp, near Bishop Airport, actually.

News Article- Flint Casino Update

FLINT TWP., Michigan -- The Bay Mills Indian Community wants to build a new casino on 28 acres it owns here, a proposal that the tribe claims could supercharge Genesee County's economy by creating 700 new jobs.

Tracy Tucker, township economic enhancement director, said local officials have already been briefed by Bay Mills representatives, who are scheduled to discuss plans for the property near the northeast corner of Lennon and Dutcher roads at the Oct. 3 meeting of the township Board of Trustees.

Tucker said Bay Mills officials told the township the development would created about 700 jobs.

Before it's even unveiled, the plan faces big obstacles -- not the least of which is not having state, federal , or tribal permissions to open a casino.

But Bay Mills has shown it's unconventional fight to open off-reservation casinos during the past year.

Earlier this year, it has appealed a a federal judge's ruling that forced the tribe to close a small casino in Vanderbilt, a slots-only gaming operation in northern Michigan that also opened without traditional approvals in place.

"I think they are ready to get [[the plans) out there and get reaction to it," Tucker said.

The Flint Journal could not reach Jeff Parker, Bay Mills executive council chairman, for comment on details of the proposal or plan for the legal fight the Bay Mills tribe would almost surely face if it tried to push ahead with the casino development without state and federal approvals.

Flint Township Trustee Belenda Parker said she hadn't heard what Bay Mills officials were going to present at the meeting

"I want more information before I make a decision," Parker said.

James Nye, a spokesman for the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe and the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi Indian Tribe, said Bay Mills appears to be too anxious to test how far it can go in the Flint area.

"If they are already talking about jobs, it appears they have some sort of expedited time frame in mind," Nye said. "I would be highly skeptical of anything Bay Mills is proposing."
Nye called Bay Mills' casino campaign "unordinary" in that it opened one casino that was shut down by the federal courts ,without following state or federal rules and without the required consent of other tribes in Michigan, including the Saginaw Chippewas.

Genesee County is considered part of the Saginaw Chippewas aboriginal lands.

Bay Mills was ordered to close the casino it opened in Vanderbilt in March byt he federal district court, and appealed that decision to the federal circuit court which confirmed the closing, It has also filed a lawsuit against Gov. Rick Snyder, claiming the state has no jurisdiction over the tribe's land in Vanderbilt. [[The State of Michigan had previously sued the Bay Mills Executive Council individually and believes it will get criminal convictions.)

Snyder said just last month that he will not support casino proposals that are on non-Indian land

The state also claimed in its lawsuit against the Bay Mills that it could not open casinos on non-Indian land, but the tribe has argued the land is tribal because it was purchased with funds from the Michigan Indian Land Claims Settlement Act.