$25,000: Cost of an “Indian Sidecar” at the casino’s Commonwealth Bar. It now anchors the casino’s public plaza. (The city also received a $15 million upfront payment from the company.)ġ4.5: Roughly the number of acres the development covers, or about three city blocks.Ģ50: Rooms in the casino’s five-floor boutique hotel.Ģ,550 and 120: Number of slot machines and table games, respectively, on the casino’s 125,000-square-foot (11,612 square meters) gambling floor.Ģ00 yards: Roughly the distance a more than 130-year-old historic brick church was moved to accommodate the casino development. $25 million: The amount Springfield is expected to receive annually from MGM once the casino opens its doors. $960 million: Total project budget, which came in higher than the early estimates of $850 million.ģ5 percent: Number of those who are Springfield residents.
Here is a look at some of the game-changing MGM casino’s numbers:ħ: Years since Massachusetts legalized casino gambling in 2011, paving the way for MGM and other casino companies to seek state gambling licenses.ģ years and 5 months: Amount of time from the project’s March 24, 2015, groundbreaking to its official Aug.
The Native American tribes that operate Connecticut’s Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun resorts also are proposing a Hartford-area casino to directly compete with MGM Springfield.
