Four Winds Casino and the Pokagon Band
Just off I-94 near New Buffalo sits Four Winds, one of southwest Michigan’s biggest entertainment destinations. It’s a casino, hotel, and resort owned and run by the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians. The tribe’s ties to this corner of Michigan and northern Indiana go back generations. The U.S. government formally reaffirmed the tribe’s standing in 1994. In 2007 the band opened Four Winds here, the first of its several casinos.
The building is designed to reflect Potawatomi tradition. You enter through a big round lodge-style rotunda with fireplaces and murals telling the tribe’s story. Beyond the gaming floor there are restaurants and a hotel. An events venue draws touring concerts. The resort is one of the area’s larger employers. (Like all casinos, it’s adults-only on the gaming floor — 21 and up.)
Four Winds New Buffalo, 11111 Wilson Road (off I-94 Exit 1), New Buffalo · fourwindscasino.com