'Construction of the venue was on track to be ready well before the events were to take place, yet Dakota terminated the contract and moved the events inside the Mystic Lake Casino, with no prior warning to Nomadic,' Jack Murphy, president of Nomadic Entertainment, said in a statement. But the delay in delivering the portable toilets would also delay building certification, Schiller said, so Nomadic executives were shocked when the contract was yanked on those grounds. Promoters also complained that the building inspector, who works for the tribe, took a vacation during a critical period of the project.Īnother major sticking point appears to be portable toilets.īoth parties had agreed that toilets should not be installed on the property until at least mid-January, about two weeks before the concerts began, according to the lawsuit. Nomadic said in one instance, Dakota failed to respond to its engineering submissions for more than 40 days.

Nomadic blamed the casino's events company for intentionally delaying the project. Dakota February Events, Mystic Lake's production company, said Nomadic breached its contract by failing to obtain a certificate of occupancy by a Jan. 15 completion date when their contract was canceled a few days before the deadline, court records show. The venue's concrete floors, winterized metallic walls and VIP balconies had taken shape as crews worked to finish the stage and interior decor.Ĭlub Nomadic promoters were racing toward a Jan. That's what the designers do at the end.'Ĭonstruction began last fall and was substantially complete ahead of a Star Tribune tour on Jan. 'They took aim at the quality of the building, which was erected but the interior was yet to be finished. 'It was a surprise when they canceled,' said Josh Schiller, a New York attorney representing Club Nomadic. 12 that the four-day event 'would not be up to our standards of quality.' Bank stadium in downtown Minneapolis.Ĭoncerts by Gwen Stefani, Florida Georgia Line, the Chainsmokers and Kygo were moved inside the casino after the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community's events company announced Jan. Club Nomadic Entertainment Group filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday alleging that Mystic Lake Casino abruptly shelved its glitzy pop-up concert venue without notice just three weeks before Super Bowl LII - after promoters had already sunk $2.4 million into the nightclub.Ī lawyer for Club Nomadic said it must now spend $1 million tearing down the 65,000-square-foot temporary structure built in the casino's parking lot for the event, meant to lure thousands of visitors to the Prior Lake complex a half-hour from U.S.

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