Only minutes had gone by after the decision by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) to award a casino license to Wynn Resorts before Everett’s Michael McLaughlin and Dan Skeritt kicked it into high gear to get the word out about…
Author: Seth Daniel
On The Casino Front: Casino Question to be Decided by November Vote
Revere Mayor Dan Rizzo said he will not support the expanded gaming repeal, Everett Mayor Carlo DeMaria challenged the media to get information out to the voters to prevent confusion – and at the same time – many influential Charlestown…
Wynn Wins: MGC Awards Casino License to Wynn Resorts on Tuesday
It came down to risky versus safe, and in the end the Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) chose the riskier bet in awarding the Greater Boston resort casino license to Wynn Resorts on Tuesday afternoon. The vote ended up 3-1 to…
Wynn, Demaria Excited to See Snowball Effect for Casino
When Everett residents got together a few years ago – long before a casino was ever in the cards for the city – to discuss a plan for Lower Broadway, they wanted access to their waterfront and a marina. On…
MGC Hearing Began on Monday: Problems and Pluses Seen in Both Proposals
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) and major players from both the Everett and Revere casino bids packed into the South Boston Convention Center on Monday morning to begin what many have been waiting years to find out – who will…
MGC Adopts Flexible Rating Process in Licensing Hearings, to Begin Monday
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) is getting set to begin the evaluations of both Region A casino applications next Monday in a complex, but deliberate, process that is likely to last one week or, perhaps, more. Like the previous slot…
Wynn Offers MBTA $6 Million For Land to Build Access Road
Wynn Resorts has offered $6 million cash to the MBTA for the purchase of three parcels of land on Lower Broadway that would allow the potential casino the ability to create an access road from Rt. 99. The two-acre parcel…
Casino Question Goes Statewide
Everett voters will go to the polls to vote on casinos for a second time this November – and this time they will be joined by the rest of the state – after the Supreme Judicial Court issued an early…
High Court Hears Arguments on Important Ballot Question
The state Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) heard arguments on Monday in Boston’s Adams Courthouse concerning a subplot to the casino licensing process that is becoming ever more important as the days go by – that subplot being whether or not…
Dropping Numbers: Everett Unemployment in March Hits Lowest Figure in a Year
Unemployment in Everett and its surrounding cities in March dropped to the lowest point in a year, following a statewide trend where 20 regions in the state saw unemployment drop and only two regions saw it rise, according to statistics…