Construction For $2.1 Billion Wynn Boston Harbor Casino Gets Green LightState Officials Remove Last Hurdle To The Project |
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Construction is finally set to begin on Wynn Boston Harbor, a $2.1 billion casino resort that will sit along the Mystic River in the neighboring town of Everett.
After challenges from the city of Boston were settled earlier this year, Wynn Resorts still had to deal with opposition from the nearby city of Somerville, which was trying to block the casino from getting another necessary environmental permit.
According to The Boston Globe, the state Department of Environmental Protection on Friday gave the approval to Wynn Boston Harbor, which was the last remaining hurdle for the project that has been in the works for the past several years. The state legislature legalized Las Vegas-style casinos in 2011.
Somerville can file an appeal, but Wynn plans on beginning construction in the meantime. The casino is expected to open in early 2019.
“We can now go full steam ahead with the Wynn casino project,” Everett Mayor Carlo DeMaria told The Globe. “This change will hugely add to the quality of life for our residents, our neighbors, and the tourists that will soon be visiting our city.”
After the decision by the state agency, Somerville Mayor Joseph Curtatone said in a statement that he wasn’t trying to block the casino outright: “This particular appeal was never about stopping the casino but rather about exercising the city’s statutory rights of appeal to ensure our city’s environmental, health, and waterways concerns were addressed."
The casino was originally scheduled to open in 2018, but the challenge from Somerville delayed the plans. Steve Wynn was never worried about Somerville, saying previously that “we don’t rate this as a terrible threat or a major obstacle.”
Previously Wynn Everett, the casino operator announced the name change in March, as well as upping the investment from $1.7 billion to $2.1 billion.
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