Steve Wynn is one step closer to having his Everett, Massachusetts casino at last (Image: ABC News)
The long and road that is winding leads to an Everett casino for Steve Wynn is getting nearer to the finish line: the Massachusetts Gaming Commission’s madly demanding investigative bureau has finally offered the go-ahead from a suitability point of view for the casino mogul to open his first-ever Bay State property.
Cleared for Takeoff
The recommendation was made week that is early last a commission meeting, and followed a four-member sign-off on a revised deal for the planned casino a few times early in the day.
Needless to say, Steve Wynn has to be breathing a sigh of relief. With his typical colorful and wording that is cut-to-the-chase he summed up his feelings on having made it this far and being this near the end of the regulatory hurdles altogether.
‘ This will be a big investment for us here in Boston,’ Wynn noted. ‘This is not a box of slots. This is a ‘wham-bam-thank-you-ma’am’ fancy hotel.’
Needless to say, there’s no free lunch with this commission; an organization that has proved to be finicky up to a degree who has driven all of the proposed casinos’ professionals to distraction. To that end, the Commission’s Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement continues to be demanding that some conditions be met, such as for example showing the outfit that Wynn’s interactions in his Macau casinos fall suit Continue reading “Wynn Passes Muster with Massachusetts Commission Suitability Check”