The Fire Pit Sport Bar & Grill closed at the beginning of the year at the complex, formerly known as Potawatomi Hotel & Casino. A poker room is also planned for that area. Potawatomi Casino Hotel in Milwaukee announced today that it will open a permanent sportsbook at the northwest corner of the first floor of the casino, replacing the 500-seat Northern Lights Theater and the Fire Pit Sports Bar & Grill. The casino’s move to close its Northern Lights Theater comes as Madison-based FPC Live plans to build an indoor concert venue complex next to Fiserv Forum in downtown Milwaukee and as an indoor concert venue is also planned as part of the planned Iron District development downtown.

With the addition of sports betting, we’ll be providing our guests with even more options and welcoming new visitors to the property and the Menomonee Valley.”Ĭonstruction of the sportsbook comes in the midst of Potawatomi Casino Hotel’s $100 million renovation to its second level, expected to be completed in phases during the summer and fall of this year. “For more than three decades, we have served as a leader in tribal gaming. “This is a transformational time at Potawatomi Casino Hotel,” said Dominic Ortiz, Potawatomi Casinos and Hotels’ CEO. Last year, the Forest County Potawatomi Community reached a deal with the state allowing the tribe’s casinos, including its Milwaukee casino, and affiliate locations to offer event wagering on sports and non-sports events. In 3 to 6 weeks, a temporary sports betting area will be set up at the former Topgolf swing suite, located next to the Fire Pit Sports Bar, which closed during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. There will be a total of 17 kiosks for sports betting between the two locations, open 24 hours a day. The casino will also place kiosks for betting on sports off of the skywalk on the second level.

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