Politics & Government
Boston Names Its Own Gaming Board
Boston Mayor Tom Menino announced his gaming board yesterday to work on a deal to build a casino at Suffolk Downs.
The City of Boston is taking a different approach to the casino than Foxborough is, according to a report in the Boston Herald.
Boston mayor Thomas Menino has put together a gaming board to get the best deal possible for the city at Suffolk Downs with Caesar's Entertainment.
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Foxborough isn't negotiating with The Wynn Group, who wants to build a site across from Gillette Stadium on land owned by Bob Kraft. Selectmen sent a letter to Governor Deval Patrick asking not to be considered as a host community.
“While we’re not the first city to have a destination resort casino, I am committed to doing it better — the Boston way,” Menino said yesterday at City Hall as he introduced the five-member "host advisory" committee, which will be chaired by former Boston TV anchor and lawyer Brian Leary. Sarah Barnat, an East Boston resident and vice president of National Development; Lisa Signori Calise, Menino’s former top financial officer who is now chief financial officer at the Perkins School for the Blind; David Fubini, senior director at global finance firm McKinsey & Co.; and Ronald L. Walker II, president of Next Street, are on the panel.
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It is believed that Suffolk Downs and the Foxborough site are competing for the one regional gaming spot.
For more information, go to http://bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20220413hub_suffolk_downs_ready_casino_bid/
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