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The Outfield and the stadium renovation were approved in a 7-1 vote by City Council on Monday. Stadium upgrades begin construction and renovation at the end of this season, and the construction of the apartments begin when the stadium upgrades wrap up by the start of next season with a completition sometime in 2016.
- The Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians formally sent an application to the Department of the Interior to put the
Kewadin Lansing casino land in trust to begin the process of developing the downtown casino. Despite a recent ruling by the Supreme Court that states can not sue tribes (only the U.S. government can), there are still other ways the Michigan attorney general plans to go after tribe members, individually, to try and stop the casino, so this is far from a done deal.
- Dewpoint, Inc. - a Lansing-based IT support services company - is moving 133 workers from its East Miller Road office in far southeast Lansing to the renovated
Knapp's Centre down on Washington Square in the heart of the CBD. They will fill over 10,000 square feet on the second floor. They plan for the move to be completed by the end of the summer.