Foxwoods Expanding Poker Rooms, But Has Fad Passed?

Foxwoods chases new poker crowd
PokerGazette 03/04/06 14:41
NEW HAVEN — Foxwoods Resort Casino will dramatically increase the size of what is already one of the nation’s largest poker rooms this month, an expansion that comes even as industry experts say the poker market is slowing.By expanding New England’s only poker room from 76 to 114 tables, Foxwoods will enable more than 1,100 poker players to play at once. But it also allocates more space for a game that, on average, brings in considerably less money than slot machines and other table games.Poker

Foxwoods finds powerful poker partner
Poker - Topix 02/21/06 21:41
When Foxwoods Resort Casino's new poker room opens next month, it will have the World Poker Tour name attached.

Foxwoods finds powerful poker partner
PokerGazette 02/21/06 13:41
MASHANTUCKET -- When Foxwoods Resort Casino's new poker room opens next month, it will have the World Poker Tour name attached."It makes sense for the two giants in the industry to come together and do something," said Kathy Raymond, Foxwoods' director of poker operations.The poker room will be the first at a casino to carry the World Poker Tour name.Foxwoods was the first casino to sign with the World Poker Tour, which airs tournaments on the Travel Channel. Foxwoods holds two of the group's ma