Wait, it’s called Encore Boston Harbor but it’s in Everett - what’s the deal? Completing the deal would have forced MGM to relinquish the casino license it holds in Western Massachusetts and presumably sell MGM Springfield, the state’s first resort casino, which opened last year to great fanfare. What happened with all that talk of Encore being sold to MGM Resorts?Īfter a backlash, MGM said in May it had pulled out of talks to buy the casino. Wynn Resorts, a publicly traded company that also owns and operates Wynn Las Vegas, Encore Las Vegas, and casinos in Macau. But you have to be 21 to go on the casino floor. All ages are free to wander the resort and look at the millions of dollars worth of art (don’t miss the gargantuan statue of Popeye that’s a short walk from the main lobby). At last check, a Friday and Saturday night in a “premier king” for a weekend in August clocked in at a total of $1,843 (with taxes and fees). How much will a night in the casino hotel cost? The $2.6 billion casino resort is 3.1 million square feet, has 671 hotel rooms and suites, and a 17-treatment-room spa. There are 3,000 parking spaces at the casino that you will have to pay for ($22 for 6 hours, $42 for 24 hours) and overflow parking at several locations nearby. Yeah, there’s a minibus - called the Encore Neighborhood Runner - that will run 24 hours between the Chelsea Station Silver Line stop, Everett City Hall, the Rivergreen parking lot, and the casino.
