#Casino in boston area license#

The project has also been mired in controversy since Wynn Resorts won the lone state gambling license reserved for the wealthy and populous Boston area nearly five years ago.Ĭasino regulators in Massachusetts and Nevada hit Wynn Resorts with $55 million in fines and other penalties after determining officials failed to investigate allegations of sexual misconduct against Steve Wynn, the company's founder. The development project involved an environmental cleanup of a former chemical plant. We will now be the front door to the city of Everett.'Įmotional at times, DeMaria thanked his wife and family for supporting him throughout the challenging process of getting the casino complex built, which took more than seven years. 'We will no longer be the back door to the city of Boston. But you'll smell flowers and trees,' Mayor Carlo DeMaria told the enthusiastic crowd, which included many of his residents. 'When you drive through Everett, you'll no longer smell gas and sulfur and oils. It was billed Sunday as opportunity to finally transform the reputation of a city of more than 46,000, just north of Boston. The facility, which features a 671-room bronzed-toned hotel tower, a gambling floor with 3,100 slot machines and 231 table games, 15 bars and restaurants, shops, lavish art displays, sits on 33 acres of formerly industrial land along the Mystic River in Everett, Massachusetts. Wynn Resorts expected 50,000 visitors Sunday. Puffs of brightly colored smoke could be seen for miles, shot into the air following a countdown. The crowd, which packed the pathways and harbor walk that surround the tree-lined, waterfront casino complex, cheered as dignitaries and a handful of the roughly 5,000 new workers participated in the ribbon-cutting ceremony using oversized golden scissors.

(AP) - Massachusetts' third casino officially opened its doors near Boston on Sunday to thousands of patrons, including some who had lined up in the early morning hours to finally get their first look at the glitzy $2.6 billion Encore Boston Harbor facility after years of anticipation and controversy.