Encore Boston Harbor Casino | 1 Broadway | Everett

[TheRifleman]

With sports betting now set to be legalized (or at least on the path). This property has become perhaps the most anticipated in the commonwealth.

I assume they will pivot to add an entire new area to the casino.

We need a real vision from these idiots in office concerning Transit upgrades. I could see gridlock in and around this area in the future. Its already pretty bad I can't imagine when this opens up.

 

[tysmith95]

We need a real vision from these idiots in office concerning Transit upgrades. I could see gridlock in and around this area in the future. Its already pretty bad I can't imagine when this opens up.

I think half of this thread is rifle complaining about traffic.

 

[tangent]

I think half of this thread is rifle complaining about traffic.

With up to 18,000 cars a day that will account for about half the capacity of Broadway and Alford. So it could be a bit of a bottleneck around rush hours. Not quite the carmagedon that Rifle apparently thinks is will be.

But it would be nice to have that pedestrian bridge over the river from the Orange Line to keep some people off that road immediately in front of the casino.

 

[datadyne007]

http://wynnforall.com

 

[Shepard]

Back to the important questions. Will we still be getting the $30 million Popeye statue?

 

[DrFreewind]

new steel on right side

full size for better look

 

[tangent]

Back to the important questions. Will we still be getting the $30 million Popeye statue?

That, to my thinking, is a top 10 question for this project. It is a bit unclear from press reports whether this was Steve Wynn's personal property or if the company owns it. Whether or not it is still displayed in Vegas could be an indication, but it also might just be real big and heavy and Steve Wynn doesn't have a place to put it at his place so the art is "on loan". This sort of detail speaks to the fundamental creative "vision" behind the project beyond the mere project schedule and dollars and sense.

 

[AmericanFolkLegend]

With sports betting now set to be legalized (or at least on the path). This property has become perhaps the most anticipated in the commonwealth.

I assume they will pivot to add an entire new area to the casino.

Depends on how they legalize sports gambling (if at all in Mass). If they legalize it but only in casinos - very good for Wynn. If they legalize more broadly (say by allowing anyone with a Keno license to take sports bets) - not as good for Wynn.

 

[odurandina]

wonder if the crown rampy shaped thing is going up in pre-fabbed pieces.

 

[cca]

wonder if the crown rampy shaped thing is going up in pre-fabbed pieces.

Can you describe the "thing" with different words? I am not sure what you are referring to.

 

[Ruairi]

Can you describe the "thing" with different words? I am not sure what you are referring to.

the area of the building where the logo goes, looks like a big rampy thing

 

[Rover]

Depends on how they legalize sports gambling (if at all in Mass). If they legalize it but only in casinos - very good for Wynn. If they legalize more broadly (say by allowing anyone with a Keno license to take sports bets) - not as good for Wynn.

Knowing this state, you'll be able to place bets at your local convenience store while purchasing scratch tickets. Gotta spread the graft around evenly after all.

 

[tangent]

Knowing this state, you'll be able to place bets at your local convenience store while purchasing scratch tickets. Gotta spread the graft around evenly after all.

Hard to call it graft when it seems that pretty much any convenience store, bar or restaurant can sell lottery by becoming an agent.

 

[cca]

the area of the building where the logo goes, looks like a big rampy thing

Ah .. yes ... likely there will be stick built framing with ridgidized panels attached. It is likely not part of the exterior envelope

 

[Jahvon09]

Back to the important questions. Will we still be getting the $30 million Popeye statue?

$30M for a Popeye statue?!!

Check out those curved escalators! First of their kind for a building in MA!!

 

[JumboBuc]

Globe: Mystic River cleanup near Everett casino costs Wynn Resorts nearly double original estimates

It cost twice as much as expected, but after 18 months of work and nearly a million tons of soil removed, Wynn Resorts has finished the cleanup of environmental contamination at the site of its resort casino in Everett, the company announced Wednesday.

Cleaning the 33-acre property on the Mystic River, the site of a former chemical plant, cost $68 million, the company said in a statement. Original estimates had pegged the cost at about $30 million.

The work involved the removal of 840,000 tons of contaminated soil, hauled away in 11,900 truckloads and 4,700 rail cars. Another 41,000 tons of sediment was dredged from the Mystic River in the inlet just offshore. The river bed was capped with 30,000 tons of clean sand, and the company planted a 24,000-square-foot living shoreline “to bring the site to its original condition, facilitate the natural cleanup of the Mystic River, and support the return of native fish and wildlife to the area,” Wynn Resorts said.

[...]

 

[odurandina]

Wynn.... Bugsy.... The investors still got rich.

 

[cadetcarl]

Okay but where did they put the dirt? It doesn't just disappear.

 

[Coyote137]

Good question. The article does not answer that.

 

[JumboBuc]

Okay but where did they put the dirt? It doesn't just disappear.

They put it in "special landfills in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Rhode Island, Quebec, Michigan, Ohio, and Georgia".

This is a big continent. There are plenty of suitable places to safely and responsibly bury contaminated dirt.