BOSTON (AP) – Boston Mayor Martin Walsh is asking the Massachusetts Gaming Commission to preserve the city’s rights both as a host and as a surrounding community in talks over proposed casinos in Revere and Everett.
Walsh faced a 5 p.m. deadline Monday to request the city’s status.
Walsh said the move will preserve the city’s right to assert host community status for both proposals without waiving its rights to surrounding community status.
A host community can have veto power over a casino. A surrounding community has the right to negotiate agreements on traffic or public safety.
Mohegan Sun is proposing a casino in Revere near East Boston. Las Vegas casino operator Steve Wynn’s Everett proposal is near Boston’s Charlestown neighborhood.
Walsh is also asking the commission to compel both casino operators to share more information with the communities.
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