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BosDevelop said:
No, Boston doesn't. Agganis is more than 50% larger than 5,000 capacity at over 7,000. Exactly what year round venues does Boston have for entertainment in the 5,000 capacity range?
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Good question... anyone know the answer?

Also, I think a lot of the initial reasoning behind restraining Wynn from expanding into other business areas was around the idea that area venues would be undermined because all that casino revenue would subsidize those other lines of business. Wasn't really the traffic concern.

But I don't see any way around it. The state and municipalities want to see that casino money reinvested in the local area and Wynn wants to see the local area become a destination with the casino at the center of it.

It will be good to see how all that land that Wynn is buying up gets redeveloped.
 
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tangent said:
Good question... anyone know the answer?

Also, I think a lot of the initial reasoning behind restraining Wynn from expanding into other business areas was around the idea that area venues would be undermined because all that casino revenue would subsidize those other lines of business. Wasn't really the traffic concern.

But I don't see any way around it. The state and municipalities want to see that casino money reinvested in the local area and Wynn wants to see the local area become a destination with the casino at the center of it.

It will be good to see how all that land that Wynn is buying up gets redeveloped.
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Matthews? about 5,000-6,000 depending on use. Not sure if it ever hosts non-NEU (or Wentworth) events, however.
 
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BosDevelop said:
No, Boston doesn't. Agganis is more than 50% larger than 5,000 capacity at over 7,000. Exactly what year round venues does Boston have for entertainment in the 5,000 capacity range?
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You are right, it is a bit bigger than I had realized. But if you are saying we don't have a place for a 5,000 seat show, my response is why not use a 7,000 seat venue? Either sell more tickets (probably feasible here whereas 5,000 might be max elsewhere) or reconfigure the arena temporarily for less seating. I went to the Cirque du Soleil in September, and they had the stage about 1/3 forward from where it could have been. I assume their backstage requirements mandated the placement, but it also demonstrated how Agganis could sit 4,500 (rough guestimate). Seems to me it can fit the niche we are discussing.
 
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Blue Hills Bank Pavilion is apparently 5000 seat venue... still seems reasonable that Wynn might have some venue in this range. Mohegan Sun has a 10,000 seat arena... hmm... suddenly I am thinking Bob Kraft and Steve Wynn should talk soccer.
 
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tangent said:
Blue Hills Bank Pavilion is apparently 5000 seat venue...
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But, of course, that's more of a "music festival" proscenium/amphitheater setup for music/performance, instead of an all-weather in-the-round arena for sports/contests. Similar size, different events.

(And BosDevelop was probably leading us in that direction when they specificied "year round" in their question a few posts back)
 
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TheRifleman said:
Traffic is a serious problem and yes I am still very concerned about WYNN development causing major traffic delays on the 93.
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Forgive me if I missed it, but are there any plans to extend the 93 up to the casino? As of now only the last few hundred feet of the 93 run through Sullivan Square, which, if done correctly can be remedied with a bus lane. The rest is on the relatively lightly traveled Bunker Hill Ave and over the Charlestown Bridge, the replacement of which will include bus lanes.
 
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Roxxma said:
Forgive me if I missed it, but are there any plans to extend the 93 up to the casino? As of now only the last few hundred feet of the 93 run through Sullivan Square, which, if done correctly can be remedied with a bus lane. The rest is on the relatively lightly traveled Bunker Hill Ave and over the Charlestown Bridge, the replacement of which will include bus lanes.
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There are no plans that touch I-93 [there is a study of the I-93/MA-28 interchange]

Rather all work that I'm aware of will be done by municipalities There are plans to upgrade MA-99 around the Casino (aka Everett's Broadway and Boston/Sullivan's Alford St), and then various intersection-throughput upgrades along MA-16 (Revere Beach Parkway)

List of community $ here:
http://massgaming.com/about/community-mitigation-fund/
 
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Apparently there was a topping off ceremony yesterday
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Maybe for the steel around the tower. The tower itself, is still rising.
 
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What is the function of the multistorey squares of yellow stuff (netting? Windbreak?)
 
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Some of the facade on the base is up, couldn't grab a pic.
 
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Arlington; It is there to promote safety for the workers. To help keep them from falling off the building. They also wear a harness with a safety cable attached to it. :cool:
 
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Jahvon09 said:
It is there to promote safety for the workers. To help keep them from falling of the building. They also wear a harness with a safety cable attached to it. :cool:
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I figured as much, but then the question is: why is the yellow net's version of safety only used a small fraction of the time? What makes the big yellow square the best option in some places (in those places were it is deployed) but not in others?

It almost seems that the yellow things are moving straight up the tower, and that the spaces in-between have never had the yellow net.
 
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Arlington said:
I figured as much, but then the question is: why is the yellow net's version of safety only used a small fraction of the time? What makes the big yellow square the best option in some places (in those places were it is deployed) but not in others?

It almost seems that the yellow things are moving straight up the tower, and that the spaces in-between have never had the yellow net.
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As the tower grows taller to it's planned height, as you know, so does the netting. It is only installed on the topmost floors.

Once the netting moves up, I think that the workers have to rely solely on the safety cable, as in the case of window panel installation ( the façade) The goal here is to get the windows up and installed so that the wind, rain or snow does not pose a threat to the safety of the workers working inside the tower.

Then, the interior construction commences, such as interior walls, etc.. :cool:
 
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