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Uncasville, CT 06382
Mohegan Sun is one of the largest casinos in the United States, with 364000sqft of gaming space. It is located on 240acre along the banks of the Thames River in Uncasville, Connecticut. It is in the foothills of southeastern Connecticut, where 60 percent of the state's tourism is concentrated. It features the 12,000-seat capacity Mohegan Sun Arena, home of the New England Black Wolves of the National Lacrosse League and the Women's National Basketball Association's Connecticut Sun. It houses a 350-seat Cabaret Theatre, the 300-seat Wolf Den, and 100000sqft of meeting and function room space, including the Northeast’s largest ballroom and 130000sqft of retail shopping. It is the home of New London's WMOS FM radio station.The casino contains slot machines, gaming tables including poker, blackjack, craps, roulette, Caribbean stud poker, keno and baccarat. The race book offers live horse or greyhound racing from around the U.S. as well as from Australia and England. It also offers wagering on jai-alai from Florida.
Stoddard Hill State Park is a publicly owned recreation area managed by the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, located on the eastern shore of the Thames River, about south of Norwich, in the town of Ledyard, Connecticut. The state park covers 55 acres and offers facilities for boating, fishing, and hiking.HistoryThe park was donated to the state in 1954. It is one of several Connecticut state parks that were acquired with funds bequeathed by George Dudley Seymour for the purpose of purchasing recreational areas for public use.Activities and amenitiesThe park includes a five-acre tidal estuary with ramp for car-top boating. A trail leads to the top of a 183ft hill that was used by Native Americans as a lookout.