By Susan Haigh | AP February 26, 2023 at 11:05 a.m. EST MASHANTUCKET, Conn. — When the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut for three months in 2020, its owners, the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, had to reckon with decades of relying heavily on gambling as the tribe’s main source of revenue. “The fact that the casino revenues went from millions to zero overnight just fully reiterated the need for diverse revenue streams,” said Tribal Chairman Rodney Butler. The 1,000-member tribe has since expanded its efforts to get into the federal government contracting business, making it one of several tribal nations to look beyond the casino business more seriously after the coronavirus crisis. Tribal leaders and tribal business experts say the global pandemic has been the latest and clearest sign that tribal governments with casinos can’t depend solely on slot machines and poker rooms to support future generations. In Michigan, the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi … Read More

Mashantucket, CT (February 9, 2023) – Command Holdings, and other members of the Pequot Community of Companies, will attend the National 8(a) Association Small Business Conference, February 13-15 in New Orleans, LA.  The premier supplier diversity event for small businesses, the National 8(a) Association Small Business Conference offers educational sessions, matchmaking, networking and resources for all small businesses including: minority, aspiring, current and graduate 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOB, VOSB, SDB, WOSB, DBE, and teaming partnerships. The event attracts hundreds of federal agencies, large business primes, and different sized contracting companies. With 450 employees in more than 30 contract locations, spanning four continents and 17 time zones, Command Holdings was established in 2017 and is a sustainable self-sufficient Section 17 corporation of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation. About Command Holdings, a Pequot Company Command Holdings is a federally chartered Section 17 holding company owned by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation. With expertise … Read More