Michael Albano is the former mayor of Springfield. Springfield, and western Massachusetts, should not be the sacrificial lamb for MGM. ![]() The Massachusetts legislation never intended for a bait and switch, or trade-up strategy by casino operators. The Massachusetts Gaming Commission should deny any MGM request to sell the Springfield license and purchase Wynn Boston Harbor. So do the math and you’ll see why MGM wants to go to Boston, running a facility that will gross billions, not millions. That gaming project will cost MGM an estimated $90 million annually. MGM Springfield is estimated to gross $500 million in year three, and that was before the Connecticut legislature approved a joint venture allowing Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods to open a competing gambling facility in East Windsor. Since the 2009 recession, they are down to about $14 billion. ![]() In their heyday, Foxwoods and Mohegan grossed about $20 billion between them. More importantly, the purchase of the Wynn resort would mean MGM would have to leave Springfield, since the law says no casino operator can hold more than one license. MGM may spend yet to be determined billions of dollars to purchase the Wynn project to capture the greater Boston market, the prize in Massachusetts and the northeast.
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