'It's something else to do on a rainy day for our clientele,' Welsh said. 'Right now, we're in discussions with our tribal government and our managing partner (Minneapolis-based Lakes Entertainment Inc.), and we're deciding exactly what we want to do in the next phase,' Miller said.

That's compared with the $114 basic room rate at the Blue Chip Casino Hotel in nearby Michigan City, Ind., and the $129 rate at the Little River Casino Resort in Manistee, about a three-hour drive up the coast of Lake Michigan.įour Winds also has six restaurants and 3,400 parking spaces, said John Miller, tribal chairman of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, the Dowagiac-based tribe that owns the casino.īusiness has been so strong that an expansion already is in the works that probably will add more lodging, restaurants and parking spaces. The 3,000-slot casino, in Berrien County's New Buffalo Township, has 165 hotel rooms and suites starting at $299 per night. 'Our lodging properties have been benefiting because the casino is very short of rooms.' 'Four Winds is part of their visit and that's what drew them to the area, but they've wanted to stay in a bed-and-breakfast and do other things,' Sudlow said.

The chamber has gotten calls from bus-tour companies and small groups planning casino trips that want to find out more about other local activities, she said.

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