Construction began May 7, 2008, and the casino opened to the general public on August 5, 2009. It is owned and operated by the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi.

I am also a 5th(out of five) level Google reviewer and this trip for me easily earned 5 stars, well done Firekeepers, please commend Chris (afternoon shift, poker room, ).FireKeepers Casino Hotel is a 236,000-square-foot (21,900 m 2) casino and hotel in Emmett Charter Township, Michigan, between Battle Creek and Marshall. Parking was great, bathrooms clean, the slots were tight for me, but I did see others winning. The poker room is smoke free, and what I found was nice is you could walk out of the poker area into the casino proper and smoking was available right there and you never lost sight of your table. A huge, beautiful room for slots and tables. There is tons of air moving and it was no issue at all. Now, ive read the other reviews, i could BARELY tell the odor of smoke. And out of 45 people I ended up finishing 12th. Again Chris made sure I was enjoying myself and if i had further questions, what a stand up guide and if i ever had a poker room i would want him representing my company there. So I got my courage together and signed up for the weekly Omaha tournament. Having never played a live game, i went to the poker room to take a chance, my anxiety was through the ceiling, but a Gentleman named Chris (the floor manager in the poker room) took me aside answered every single stupid question I had, showed me how to observe other people playing, reassured me I'd be ok. I searched and found that a casino called Firekeepers had a weekly Omaha tournament, so I traveled 2.5 hours. I've read and practiced and played poker online for ten years, and had never played a live game in my life.

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