The Globe reports the Connecticut casino is joining up with the racetrack as the proposed
By adamg - Tue, 11/19/2013 - 10:07pm
The MetroWest Daily News reports on today's referendum. So that leaves, what, Everett and maybe Revere for eastern Mass.?
By adamg - Tue, 11/05/2013 - 8:18pm
At 9:17 p.m., Stephanie Ebbert of the Globe tweeted:
John Connolly has conceded. It's Mayor Marty Walsh.
By adamg - Wed, 10/30/2013 - 5:10pm
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission says the folks behind Suffolk Downs are fine, upstanding people and can proceed with their application for a billion-dollar casino project on the East Boston/Revere line.
By adamg - Tue, 10/29/2013 - 10:42am
Suffolk Downs officials said today they were shocked to learn of the issues raised by a state investigation into operations at their proposed casino operator earlier this month - especially after learning state investigators had started asking questions
By adamg - Wed, 10/23/2013 - 4:47pm
The state Gaming Commission today released a redacted copy of the 558-page investigative report that led Suffolk Downs to
By adamg - Mon, 10/21/2013 - 8:33pm
In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission today, Caesars Entertainment said Massachusetts gaming investigators raised red flags over three issues
By adamg - Mon, 10/21/2013 - 2:33pm
The Globe reports Secretary of State William Galvin says East Boston and
By adamg - Sun, 10/20/2013 - 10:51am
WBUR reports the mayor might look at trying to delay the vote if Suffolk Downs doesn't have a managing company now that
By adamg - Sat, 10/19/2013 - 3:59pm
Unless, of course, somebody at the gaming commission leaks a copy of its Caesars report to the Globe first. In a statement today, the commission has this to say about the report by its investigators that caused Suffolk Downs to decide not to have Caesars run its proposed casino:
Due to the content of recent media reports and the impending Host Community Agreement referenda on November 5th, the Commission, with the agreement of the applicant Suffolk Sterling, will release the redacted version as soon as it is completed, expected to be Wednesday, October 23d.
By Josh Resnek - Fri, 10/18/2013 - 11:25pm
The announcement Friday night that Caesars Entertainment is withdrawing its stake in the Suffolk Downs effort to secure a casino license has been met with shock and
By adamg - Fri, 10/18/2013 - 9:44pm
Nothing like a little Friday-evening bombshell: Suffolk Downs is giving casino giant Caesars the boot, just weeks before East Boston voters are supposed to decide whether to approve the idea of a $1-billion resort casino next to the racetrack.
By adamg - Fri, 10/11/2013 - 8:58am
The Globe reports several black ministers endorsed John Connolly yesterday and n
By adamg - Tue, 10/01/2013 - 2:19pm
John Connolly today announced his position on the arbitrator's award in the stalled police contract talks: Both sides should go back to the bargaining table, because cops deserve a contract, but the city can't afford to pay for the arbitrator's award:
By adamg - Mon, 09/30/2013 - 6:03pm
A group of East Boston religious leaders today launched a campaign against the proposed resort casino at Suffolk Downs. As their Web site says:
Because we believe God has something better for East Boston than a casino.
More specifically, the clergy members say the casino would leader to more crime, addiction, traffic, pollution and bankruptcy and higher insurance rates.
East Boston residents vote in a referendum on Nov. 5 whether to accept the proposed $1-billion casino.
The Globe has more on the clergy effort.
By adamg - Wed, 09/25/2013 - 2:50pm
The Globe reports the city council agrees with Tom Menino - it voted 12-to-O'Malley today to limit the upcoming vote on the Suffolk Downs casino proposal to just East Boston residents.
By adamg - Tue, 08/27/2013 - 1:02pm
The Globe reports the operators of the would-be casino and Mayor Menino have come to terms on paym
By adamg - Tue, 08/06/2013 - 11:48pm
Up until now, the candidates have mostly contented themselves with playing up their own platforms on issues. Casinos, however, change everything.
By adamg - Sun, 06/23/2013 - 8:13am
The Globe reports the idea of a casino in Everett won voter approval there by some ridiculous margin.
By Steve Holt - Wed, 05/15/2013 - 3:36pm
At Suffolk Business School's "Build Boston" forum about casinos last Thursday morning, Stephen Crosby, chairman of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission, shared a brief, private chat with No Eastie Casino co-chair Celeste Ribeiro Myers.
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