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MGM opening Massachusetts casino with a flourish
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Massachusetts’ first resort casino with expansive gambling and entertainment options is opening with a flourish.
MGM Springfield is hosting festivities Friday to mark the official opening of the casino complex, including a downtown procession with Budweiser Clydesdale horses and other entertainment.
Doors officially open 11 a.m.
The 14-acre (5.6-hectare) gambling, hotel, entertainment and retail facility spans three city blocks and is considered the first of its kind for the state.
A more modest slots parlour has been open south of Boston since 2015 and Wynn Resorts promises to open a $2 billion casino development north of Boston next year.
The Native American tribes that operate Connecticut’s Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun resorts also are proposing a Hartford-area casino to directly compete with MGM Springfield.
Massachusetts legalized casino gambling seven years ago.
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