What’s Up at the Intruder: Casino Talk and More
Ta-da! See, I made it back;-) For those wondering what the heck has been going on with the Intruder, read on below for more details. * Now, on with some updates and observations: MGM Trumps Penn National Yes, not exactly shocking news to hear that MGM won out over Penn National to be selected by [...]
There was much to be heard, said and learned at this year’s edition of PodCamp Western MA, held this past Saturday at Holyoke Community College’s Kittredge Center, in Holyoke, MA. This weekend’s podcamp marked the event’s 5th anniversary and second year being held at the Kittredge Center. Like in its previous years, this years podcamp [...]
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With the date drawing closer to a referendum on any proposed casino in Springfield, the City Council’s self-anointed Casino Site Committee heard from casino consultant Shefsky & Froelich Inc. last week on how best to allocate Host Agreement funding for community investments. According to a story in the Republican by Jack Flynn, Shefsky & Froelich [...]
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With the field of casino resort developers narrowed down to 11 statewide candidates and a mere four in western Massachusetts, it’s looking more and more likely that Springfield is shaping up to be the front runner in the race to capture one of the prized locations. Only Mohegan Sun’s Palmer bid, it seems, stands to [...]
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First he’s out. Then he’s in. Then he’s out… Like a person using CPR — or a scene from some sordid XXX movie — Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse has been taking the residents of his once-fair little city on a roller coaster ride that’s sent most of them into fits of either anger or bewilderment. [...]
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Last month Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno proposed lowering the city’s qualifying standard for hiring a fire commissioner as he sought to place current acting Commissioner Joseph Conant into the job permanently. This past week, he followed that up by asking the Springfield City Council to change the city’s ordinance to accommodate him. The current standard [...]
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The Massachusetts Gaming Commission – always the sharp thorn in local hackery’s side – has announced that the projected date for the first casino openings in the state won’t be until at least the end of 2015, and possibly the end of 2016, according to a story appearing in the Republican this week. This schedule [...]
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