'Our original village site is not far from here. It was not the right time then,' Moody said during the media tour. We worked fervently to bring the casino to St. 'Welcome to something that has been a dream, a thought, a desire and a need for a long time. While casino officials said the sprawling facility was built in just 13 months, Moody said it took some 20 years from the time it was first brought up to South Bend officials for the doors to open.
Joseph River in what is now South Bend,' Moody said. 'The casino's location near the head of the Kankakee River is historically significant to the Potawatomi it was our area for trade and was called Zenba Odanek, or Ribbon Town, because of items that were commonly traded along the St.
