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
  • Massachusetts
  • Commercial Casinos

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.

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.