Encore Boston Harbor Casino | 1 Broadway | Everett

Huh, the rate starts at 2 grand on November 4-6. And for some reason you can only check out on NYE.
 
jklo said:
Huh, the rate starts at 2 grand on November 4-6. And for some reason you can only check out on NYE.
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^That must be the exclusive Holiday Season package deal. 57 nights for only $124,000. (excludes taxes/gratuities) :)
 
Lets say hypothetically their license was revoked, what would happen to the building? It wont happen, but would it be sold and turned into a hotel with a mall and maybe a theater? Theyre still talking like this is a possibility, but with the 5,000 new hires and all the money spent so far theres no way. What would become of the site though if it did?
 
BeeLine's photos reveal that the reflective glass facade is the exact shade of a proverbial polished turd. Seems completely appropriate.
 
What in the world is that ugly building in front of the hotel tower in the 1st two pics?! Looks like it might have been, or still is a utility plant.
 
Jahvon09 said:
What in the world is that ugly building in front of the hotel tower in the 1st two pics?! Looks like it might have been, or still is a utility plant.
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I wouldn't call it ugly; personally, I thoroughly enjoy that type of structure. But yes, it's an electric generating plant. Not seen in the picture, there are also several tall smoke stacks at that location.
 
HenryAlan said:
I wouldn't call it ugly; personally, I thoroughly enjoy that type of structure. But yes, it's an electric generating plant. Not seen in the picture, there are also several tall smoke stacks at that location.
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Agreed. I enjoy them too.

It's funny because I instinctively scrolled up after reading Jahvon's post and the first two pictures (when scrolling up from lower posts) was the casino itself in the foreground which is ugly. Besides, if/when the plant goes offline, it'll present some pretty neat opportunities to include the old structure into a large new development. Providence did a good job with South Street Station.
 
stick n move said:
Lets say hypothetically their license was revoked, what would happen to the building? It wont happen, but would it be sold and turned into a hotel with a mall and maybe a theater? Theyre still talking like this is a possibility, but with the 5,000 new hires and all the money spent so far theres no way. What would become of the site though if it did?
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If the license is revoked, the Gaming Commission would appoint someone to hold onto the license (a receiver of sorts) until a new potential licensee is identified and Wynn sells the real estate and buildings to that potential licensee who must demonstrate its suitability to hold the license. No chance it happens but if it did, it would probably mean an opening delay of 6-18 months. I believe someone like Mohegan would step in in a heartbeat.

Most likely result and my prediction = The Gaming Commission fines Wynn a record amount of $ but Wynn still keeps it license.
 
BosDevelop said:
Most likely result and my prediction = The Gaming Commission fines Wynn a record amount of $ but Wynn still keeps it license.
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I wonder if, by means of punishment, rather than fine Wynn, they insist he build the pedestrian bridge over the Mystic.
Probably doesn't work that way.
 
Beton Brut said:
That's part of the Mystic Generating Station, originally built by Boston Edison and currently operated by Exelon.

To my eyes, it's the only attractive building in BeeLine's photos.
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The real power from the Mystic Generation Station comes from the newer plant (built in the 1990s) set back to the east of the old plant (further from Alford St) and its shorter, fatter smokestacks (Mystic 8 and 9).

The old building in BeeLine's photos and its three smokestacks (Mystic 4-6) have been out of service since 2003. They could be torn down or re-purposed with little effect on operations of the plant. The tallest smokestack (Mystic 7) behind the three fronting the Mystic is also only in service rarely during periods of particularly high demand.

(thanks to aB user "Vagabond" for this info)
 
^ Word. The Wiki link I posted covers that. I recall the construction of Mystic 7 when I was a kid. We'd roll by there in my dad's big Mercury and I'd crane my neck to see the top of the smokestack.

BosDevelop said:
Most likely result and my prediction = The Gaming Commission fines Wynn a record amount of $ but Wynn still keeps it license.
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Here's some "table stakes" on Wynn's suitability to ponder:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-04-11/how-wynn-s-boston-casino-is-rising-on-land-tied-to-a-mobster
 
One massive piece of leverage the Wynn folks have over the Gaming Commission in terms of whether their license will be upheld at the end of this investigation is, the number of municipalities they already have signed mitigation compacts with. I'm guessing, at minimum:

Boston
Chelsea
Everett
Revere
Malden
Somerville
Medford

With the casino projecting a June opening, I bet those 7 municipalities booked their annual millions of extortion, I mean, mitigation, starting next fiscal year, July 1st. So, Wynn's license gets yanked.... and the fate of those compacts is... ? What prevents the 7 municipalities from combining to sue the state, given their (wholly understandable) apprehension that the baksheesh, er, dollars, might not start rolling, in to the very last penny they were promised, on July 1st?

At risk of sounding like the gladly-departed Rifleman, this is what happens, folks, when you allow the private sector to take over a domain that really should be underwritten by the state.
 
DBM said:
One massive piece of leverage the Wynn folks have over the Gaming Commission in terms of whether their license will be upheld at the end of this investigation is, the number of municipalities they already have signed mitigation compacts with. I'm guessing, at minimum:

Boston
Chelsea
Everett
Revere
Malden
Somerville
Medford

With the casino projecting a June opening, I bet those 7 municipalities booked their annual millions of extortion, I mean, mitigation, starting next fiscal year, July 1st. So, Wynn's license gets yanked.... and the fate of those compacts is... ? What prevents the 7 municipalities from combining to sue the state, given their (wholly understandable) apprehension that the baksheesh, er, dollars, might not start rolling, in to the very last penny they were promised, on July 1st?

At risk of sounding like the gladly-departed Rifleman, this is what happens, folks, when you allow the private sector to take over a domain that really should be underwritten by the state.
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Spot on, those extor.. um linkage, mitigation, whatever you want to call it, payments are long ago earmarked for some other graft that those communities are locked into. There is no way that money train is going to be jeopardized.
 
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