Wynn eyes expansion of Encore Boston Harbor casino

Wynn eyes expansion of Encore Boston Harbor casino

Article brief provided by The Boston Globe
  • Jon Chesto, The Boston Globe
December 11, 2022 5:42 PM
  • Jon Chesto, The Boston Globe

Wynn Resorts’ newest vision for the company’s land across Broadway from its Encore Boston Harbor casino in Everett includes two hotels with ballrooms, three parking garages, a theater, restaurants, clubs — 1.8 million square feet of development in all.

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Most notably, the latest plans also call for gambling, in the form of a poker room and sports-book facility. But for that to materialize, Wynn needs the Massachusetts Gaming Commission to go along.

The 13-acre area largely consists of parking lots today. But that could soon change.

Wynn has made headway in local permitting with the project’s first phase: Everett’s planning board approved a site plan last week, and the city council could vote Monday on a required zoning change to allow gambling to take place there.