Massachusetts Gaming Commission Allows for Delayed Revere Vote
Massachusetts Gaming Commission Allows for Delayed Revere Vote
A 3-D rendering associated with the proposed Suffolk Downs casino, now planned for Revere with partner Mohegan Sun (Image: Wendy Maeda/Boston Globe)
They say the household always wins, and right now, prospective casino operators Suffolk Downs and Mohegan Sun are surely for a winning streak in Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Gaming Commission unanimously approved a waiver to the standing deadline for operators to register applications including certified referendum results from their host communities by the end of the year.
More Time, The Following Year
That December 31 deadline ended up being likely to be a real issue with the Suffolk Downs casino proposal. While the gaming commission had been willing to permit the battle track and partner Mohegan Sun the possibility to build a casino solely on land into the town of Revere, it also agreed that the original vote taken early in the day this present year was for the significantly various proposal. As such, a new vote was needed one which would not have the ability to be held prior to the year-end deadline.
The decision was one which the panel said they made within an attempt become since fair as possible to all sides. On November 5, both East Boston and Revere voted on whether or not to approve a Suffolk Downs casino that would have been primarily and nearly entirely located on the Boston side of the edge involving the two communities. East Boston resid