Grand Casino closed its Mille Lacs and Hinckley operations for at least two weeks starting at 4 p.m. “We’ve been monitoring the pandemic very closely and feel that it is in the best interests of our guests, our employees and the community at-large to temporarily close the casino.” The casinos are “social hubs where people come to see shows, eat, game and enjoy themselves,” said tribal Chairman Kevin DuPuis.

casinos around Minnesota have temporarily closed including Duluth’s Fond-Du-Luth Casino on Superior Street.

The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, which operates both casinos, said conditions will be assessed before a reopening date is scheduled. Wednesday and will remain closed for at least 14 days. Tim Walz’s order closing restaurants and bars in the state and limiting the size of public gatherings does not apply to the casinos due to tribal sovereignty.īlack Bear Casino Resort in Carlton and Fond-du-Luth Casino in downtown Duluth will shut their doors beginning at 5 p.m.

The closure includes the casino, hotel and all group meetings at Mystic Lake Center, which are postponed or canceled until further notice. It is best for our community and the larger community to temporarily close at this time.”

“We have been working diligently on this by the hour to make the right decisions at the right time for our members, employees, team members and guests. “We have been balancing our responsibility of providing jobs and benefits to the thousands of people who depend on us with the rapidly developing guidance from the federal and state government,” said Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community Chairman Keith Anderson in a news release Tuesday evening. DULUTH – Though they are not required to, many tribal-run casinos in Minnesota are temporarily closing, including the state’s largest - Mystic Lake which reversed course late Tuesday and said it would close temporarily for 14 days beginning at noon Wednesday.

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