On Friday, the public is invited to a free concert at the Ribbon Town Event Center. It is visible from miles away, and it represents hundreds of millions of dollars of investment, thousands of jobs over the course of construction and operations, and really just a great partner for the community.” “This is a big, bold statement here in the southwest part of our city.
“They said two million visitors, which is, you know, you look at all of our other tourism assets and, you know, the university football weekends and things, but two million is an incredible number,” Mayor James Mueller said. Officials say that there were more than two million visitors to the property last year.
The hotel project was launched five years after the opening of the South Bend casino. “So, if the question is, is the demand there? Absolutely yes.”
“It’s been really good, really strong, we’re actually sold-out Saturday night,” said Four Winds CFO Frank Freedman. Turns out, there was more than one reason to celebrate.
