Gambling Business: City Of Boston Could Try To Block Wynn's Casino Plan In Neighboring EverettQuestions Raised About 'Host Community' Definition |
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There’s one lucrative casino license up for grabs in the Boston area among three competitors, including casino giant Wynn Resorts, and there may be a potential roadblock for Wynn thanks to the possibility of the city of Boston itself trying to nix the deal Wynn has brokered with the neighboring town of Everett, The Boston Globe reported.
The issue stems from questions on whether any element (including road, landscaping, and so on) of Wynn’s casino project in Everett would touch or cross a line that marks official entry into Boston. If any part of the project is technically in Boston as well, the city would, under the state gaming law, be considered a “host community” and thus have power to approval or reject the plan. Boston’s mayor wants one of Wynn’s rivals to win a casino bid.
Voters in Everett said OK to the $1.3 billion project last month.
“Our company comes to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts expecting fairness and transparency, and we fail to understand Mayor Menino’s continued efforts to frustrate a project that has the power to transform the city of Everett, bringing economic opportunity that has eluded it for decades,” Wynn said in a statement released through his spokesman. “We understand that the mayor favors another horse in this race, but we intend to remain focused on our project in Everett. The governing legislation’s definition of a host community is straightforward. By any reading, the host community for our project is the city of Everett.”
Wynn has denied the claim that his project could touch the Boston-Everett line.
Stay tuned for more updates on the development in the coming weeks and months.
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