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In Massachusetts development and politics are one and the same.

Well, except that the wealthier have like 8 apartments scattered around with staffs and such... in addition to their leafy retreats.

Now if there was only a commission that could fine all our state house politicians $100k and force them to go to anti-corruption training. And then another commission that could fine the ethics board members for being political hacks. Massachusetts is so corrupt it is too corrupt for casinos...

Well MGM could merge with Wynn. It is a tangled mess to contemplate. I think the Mass Gaming Commission just went too far by making it personal and fining Maddox and forcing him to do some stupid training. If I were Maddox I would look at selling and look at a lawsuit against the state...

Interesting article in the globe. Didn't realize the commission personally fined the CEO and wants to force himto get leadership training. I can see why he would want to sell now. A grand opening while embroiled in a lawsuit with your regulator is going to be a problem.

Maybe we could call it the "Metropolitan District Commission" or the "Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority" or the "Massachusetts Water Resources Authority" or the "Metropolitan Area Planning Council"... Snark aside I agree there does need to be some straightforward way to supersede...

Count me on the fence. Annexation in other cities often just left to some communities being chosen by the centralized authorities to become oppressed ethnic ghettos or industrial wastelands.... or at best neglected. Look at the West End destruction for good examples of why a strong local...

Gone are the days of plunking a casino in the middle of nowhere and automatically making money. 5 minutes from Boston should do just fine though.

So MGM would also have to sell Springfield... I believe companies are precluded from more than one license.

I love the Boston politically sensitive quote about talking to the neighbors... like we just picked up this property with a spare $218 million we had lying around and will wait to figure out what we want to do with it until after we talk to the neighbors. I mean maybe we have some general...

The Kendall side (North side) dark sliver is my only real complaint (besides my queasiness with cantilevering.) since it just doesn't catch any light Otherwise I like it on the sides where it catches more light and am looking forward to seeing more of the gradation at the top. This is the...

Well, the opening delay could definitely be related to the state's investigations into the suitability and disclosure requirements. My humble suggestion would be that it is time for the state to agree to put that $35 million fine back into additional improvements in the area rather than let...

Freeloader parking concerns can be easily mitigated with some validation scheme from the retailers/restaurants at Assembly. First two hours free would still be viable for the retail experience without even bothering with validation because it isn't enough time to walk to the casino and actually...

I saw the big excavation when they were building, but for some reason I thought there was an at grade section or even a second floor. I can't see to find floor plans anywhere at the moment. Either way, you could loop around the building to the main entrance. I don't see it being a big problem...

3 water taxis x 35 people each = 105 people. Approximately every 20 minutes (or 30 minutes), so a capacity of 105 people per hour. A nice amenity most of the rest of the year, but it will barely make a dent in the numbers for peak hours they are expecting for opening week.

Is it really all in the basement? And I see about three car/truck widths of space between the casino and the rail corridor. I think you could get one lane of entrance out of that or maybe a two way ramp over the tracks. And if there really isn't any parking above ground then you could wrap...

I think it would make a lot of sense to get traffic off of Rt 16 and onto a rd that could back up for hundreds of feet before even impacting the Costco parking lot traffic. Probably could put a ramp over the tracks right into the top floor of the casino parking garage or under the train bridge...

Relatively speaking this pedestrian/bike bridge is moving at hypersonic speeds relative to most other bike/pedestrian projects... usually it would be another ten years even if there was buy-in from everyone and when it open in a couple years it will be hugely popular I expect.

Good sign that eventually it should work out... just there does seem to be a big potential for major bottlenecks the first few weeks until people figure out when and where they should and should not try to go. Water taxis have a limited capacity (Anyone know what their service rate per hour...

This feels like a huge win. I don't know if the importance of this has gotten overblown in my mind, but whenever you can more directly connect so many resources together (parks, riverwalks, people, transit, entertainment, shopping) with a high quality and convenient walking and biking...