Several years ago, the Mohegan Tribe determined that business diversification opportunities in non-gaming areas were required to maintain self-sufficiency and sovereignty amidst growing competition within the gaming industry. Business diversification allows the Mohegan Tribe to contribute to the economy in alternate ways, while maintaining the Tribe’s reputation for bringing the best quality products and services to market, and created a subsidiary, Mohegan Holding Company, LLC to manage these ventures. The franchise food industry was deemed a good fit, and since 2014 Mohegan Holding Company has entered into agreements with Arooga's Grille House and Sports Bar, Smashburger, Jersey Mike's Subs and Pasta Vita, and has opened numerous restaurants in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island with plans for dozens more across the region in the coming years. Mohegan Holding Company also owns interests in sustainable energy resources, and manufacturing and digital technologies.