The South Bend Four Winds Casino is scheduled to open its doors to the public next Tuesday.

Today, members of the media got a sneak peek inside.

The promise to be a game changer at the Four Winds apparently has little to do with the actual games.

“Copper Rock is going to be the area's finest steakhouse. It’s going to revolutionize fine dining for the area,” said Brant Coulter with Copper Rock Restaurant.

While the Four Winds has 1,800 electronic gaming machines it also has 900 restaurant seats. “My previous background is a hospitality executive, worked for Trump Corporation for a long time” said Four Winds COO Frank Freedman. “And I believe that maybe every single person doesn’t like to gamble, but I think everybody likes to go out and have a nice time.”

The South Bend Four Winds is the first tribal casino to open in Indiana and unlike its counterparts in Michigan, this Four Winds will not have to pay a percentage of its earnings to the state, although the situation apparently won’t make for “looser” slots.

“I wouldn't say that this gaming experience will be any different in that regard and it’s standardized in all of our properties and it needs to be. It can't be a difference from one facility to another, we'd hurt ourselves so it’s consistent from a gaming perspective,” said Frank Freedman.

The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians first mentioned the idea of building a South Bend casino in the late 1990’s but community leaders were not supportive.

“And there was a lot of areas that people had concerns about and I do understand that but since we built New Buffalo and our other facilities, we've been able to prove time and time again, it’s not a negative impact on any community,” said Tribal Vice Chair Bob Moody.