July 26, 2021 BY CHEZ OXENDINE  JULY 26, 2021 The original article is linked here. MASHANTUCKET, Conn. — The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation’s burgeoning business development arm has staffed up and made its first acquisitions in a move to invest in the tribe’s economic diversification. The tribe’s Command Holdings non-gaming investment arm completed two deals in mid July, acquiring St. Louis, Mo.-based information technology company CeLeen Inc. and Washington, D.C.-based Quattro Consulting. 

July 13, 2021 By Brian Hallenbeck The original story is linked here. Mashantucket — Last year, amid the COVID-19 pandemic that caused Foxwoods Resort Casino to temporarily shut down for the first time, the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe stepped up its diversification efforts, hiring a chief executive officer to lead Command Holdings, a business-development company in the planning stages since 2017. On Tuesday, the new entity stepped out of the shadows, announcing its acquisition of CeLeen LLC, an information technology company headquartered near St. Louis, Mo., and Quattro Consulting LLC, a Washington, D.C.-based firm that provides services to government organizations. “We’ve been looking to expand outside gaming since Day One,” said Rodney Butler, the Mashantucket chairman. “Having to shut down during the pandemic validated the theory — which we already knew to be hypothetically true — that we’ve got to be involved in other things.” Butler said the tribe first pursued government … Read More