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| | State Gaming Regulators Approve Permanent Greektown Casino Financing Package |
 | | Construction of the permanent Greektown Casino resort, which will include a 400-room hotel and 3,500-space attached parking garage, is scheduled to begin in February 2006, pending final property acquisitions and zoning approvals from the City of Detroit. |
 | | Once the development is complete, total investment in the project will be about $475 million -- $275 million already invested in the current casino and $200 million more to construct the hotel, parking garage, spa, 1,500-seat theater, convention space, and other amenities. |
 | | Greektown is home to the city's first and largest live poker room, and was the first Detroit casino to implement coinless slot machines and Ticket-in, Ticket-out redemption stations -- keeping the casino on the cutting edge of gaming entertainment and customer service technologies. |
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