
Steve Wynn is one step closer to having his Everett, Massachusetts casino at last (Image: ABC News)
The long and winding road that causes an Everett casino for Steve Wynn is getting nearer to the finish line: the Massachusetts Gaming Commission’s madly demanding investigative bureau has finally provided 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 conference, 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 usual colorful and cut-to-the-chase wording, he summed up his feelings on having made it this far and being this near to the end of the regulatory hurdles altogether.
‘ This will be a big investment for us here in Boston,’ Wynn noted. ‘This isn’t box of slots. This is a ‘wham-bam-thank-you-ma’am’ fancy hotel.’
Of course, there’s no lunch that is free this commission; a group that has became finicky to a degree that has driven all 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 suitably within what the BIE conside Continue reading “Wynn Passes Muster with Massachusetts Commission Suitability Check”