Tribe secures more land in Middleborough

(Erik Jacobs for The Boston Globe/file)

By Christine Wallgren, Globe Correspondent

MIDDLEBOROUGH -- The Mashpee Wampanoag secured an option today to buy an additional 205 acres in Middleborough, boosting its land holdings for a planned resort casino to 531 acres, the tribe said.

The deal gives the tribe control over a tract off Precinct Street that is owned by the Gates family. The Wampanoag would not disclose the price.

Tribal leaders expect to build the $1 billion casino, hotel, and resort facility on about 100 acres and leave the remaining acreage as a buffer. Wampanoag spokesman Scott Ferson said this latest land agreement would be the last in Middleborough for the Cape-based tribe.

"That is the entirety of the property," he said.

The tribe and its financial backers currently own outright 125 acres purchased from the town at an auction in April. In May, the Wampanoag secured an option to buy 201 contiguous acres owned by the family of Daniel Striar.

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