Encore Boston Harbor Casino | 1 Broadway | Everett

stick n move said:
Damn I wish they had an event space here.
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Not sure what WYNN was thinking here. Should have monopolized the nightlife and create what the Boston Convention center needs.
Hotels, Event space.

Maybe that is the plan if he gets his hands on more land.
 
Wasn't there community push back on an event space here over traffic concerns?

A casino doesn't really have a "rush hour" -- people trickle in and out throughout the day -- but event spaces / venues do create traffic rushes around their event schedules.
 
Yea there was, but thats the unfortunate reality of the situation. There will never not be increased traffic.
 
JumboBuc said:
A casino doesn't really have a "rush hour" -- people trickle in and out throughout the day
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Not true at all. Like most entertainment options, Friday and Saturday 8-10pm is peak.

I remember going to an Indian casino in a rural area where the two-lane road was backed up for miles Friday night
 
jass said:
Not true at all. Like most entertainment options, Friday and Saturday 8-10pm is peak.

I remember going to an Indian casino in a rural area where the two-lane road was backed up for miles Friday night
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Was there an event there that Friday?

Sure, any building will have some rush (even grocery stores, restaurants, etc.), but peak transport times are way more pronounced when events have discrete starts and finishes (shows, concerts, sporting events, etc.).
 
Yeah, in my experience the CT casinos do fine with the two lane roads EXCEPT for when there is a big event.
 
chmeeee said:
Yeah, in my experience the CT casinos do fine with the two lane roads EXCEPT for when there is a big event.
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You know what Encore Boston Harbor will have that CT casinos don't?
- MBTA Orange Line connectivity
- MBTA Commuter Rail connectivity potential
- Water Taxi connectivity
- Ferry connectivity
- Pedestrian connectivity to Harborwalk
- 104, 105, and 109 MBTA bus line connectivity
- Potentially 97 and 99 MBTA bus line connectivity via Gateway Center
- Bicycle connectivity to expanding trail network
- A higher saturation of ride share, bike share, and car share options

All of this couples with another new reality: Everett officially favors development with no parking minimums.

Encore Boston Harbor will offer unprecedented urban, multimodal connectivity for a resort of this caliber in the United States. The "well-this-happened-in-CT-casinos-so-that-means-it-will-probably-happen-at-Encore-too" arguments hold no water.
 
dshoost88 said:
You know what Encore Boston Harbor will have that CT casinos don't?
- MBTA Orange Line connectivity
- MBTA Commuter Rail connectivity potential
- Water Taxi connectivity
- Ferry connectivity
- Pedestrian connectivity to Harborwalk
- 104, 105, and 109 MBTA bus line connectivity
- Potentially 97 and 99 MBTA bus line connectivity via Gateway Center
- Bicycle connectivity to expanding trail network
- A higher saturation of ride share, bike share, and car share options

All of this couples with another new reality: Everett officially favors development with no parking minimums.

Encore Boston Harbor will offer unprecedented urban, multimodal connectivity for a resort of this caliber in the United States. The "well-this-happened-in-CT-casinos-so-that-means-it-will-probably-happen-at-Encore-too" arguments hold no water.
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I admire the effort. I really do. And all of the above is 100% accurate. However, I still have my doubts that an appreciable number of casino customers are taking multiple modes of public transportation given the destination. Of course a few will to check it out at first and hopefully many employees do but I just can't see the folks willing to lose hundreds of dollars in one evening arriving via MBTA bus. I'd love to be proven wrong in a few years.
 
They should just build a overall bridge connected to Wellington & Assembly, Sullivan stations and have a shuttles go back and forth all night to the casino.
Direct access from all stations to give casino customers & employees the option for an easier access to the casino.
 
Sunrise on Sunday:

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Great Pictures---CASINO.
Love the back drop of the Boston Casino and the smoke stacks along with the East Coast Energy grid.

Priceless.
 
So this presents a possible major development opportunity in the area. Unfortunately that development will be lit by candles, but still!

The giant Mystic power plant in Everett could hold the key — especially now that it’s on the brink of closure. Owner Exelon is already retiring two smaller turbines there. The fate of its larger natural gas-fired units, Mystic 8 and 9, remains up in the air.
Chicago-based Exelon just acquired the liquefied natural gas terminal next door from French conglomerate Engie, to help ensure Mystic’s fuel source continues uninterrupted. But owning the port, formerly known as Distrigas, isn’t enough. Exelon says Mystic is no longer economic to run, and will close in 2022 without federal intervention.
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Boston Globe
 
From what I have heard looking into this more the New England Grid operator is actively requesting for a subsidy to be provided to the company that runs those to prevent the issue of potential rolling black outs the globe article you quoted from is talking about.

“The retirement of Mystic 8 and 9 would pose an unacceptable fuel security risk to the region during the winter months,” wrote Eric Johnson, ISO New England’s director of external affairs, in a memo to the region’s regulators April 30.

The next day, ISO New England formally asked FERC for permission to put these units on cost-of-service rates for at least two years. The filing clarifies that it’s not just the size of Mystic but the fact that units 8 and 9 rely on liquefied natural gas, which arrives by boat, rather than on fuel arriving via the interstate natural gas pipeline network.
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http://indepthnh.org/2018/05/03/new-england-wont-be-rationing-electricity-despite-alarmist-warnings/
 
Between shutdown, decontamination etc it’s probably still 20 years away from redevelopment.
 
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