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.
