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MGM Reducing Scope Of Springfield Casino Project

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Paul Tuthill
Published October 20, 2015 at 2:26 PM EDT
MGM's new design for the Springfield casino, depicted in this artist's drawing, omits a 25-story hotel that was a centerpiece of the project since 2013.
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MGM's new design for the Springfield casino, depicted in this artist's drawing, omits a 25-story hotel that was a centerpiece of the project since 2013.
MGM's new design for the Springfield casino, depicted in this artist's drawing, omits a 25-story hotel that was a centerpiece of the project since 2013.
Credit MGMSpringfield

MGM is scaling down the size of the proposed resort casino project in Springfield, Massachusetts

MGM is reducing the size of the project by 122,000 square feet according to a revised environmental impact report filed with the state.  

Although no change is planned in the size of the casino gambling floor there would be downsizing in the retail, dining and entertainment parts of the project.

Earlier MGM scrapped a planned 25-story hotel.

Springfield City Council President Mike Fenton said once again city leaders were caught off guard by MGM.

"This is another surprise," said Fenton.

The council and the state gaming commission must approve the design changes.

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Paul Tuthill
Paul Tuthill is WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief. He’s been covering news, everything from politics and government corruption to natural disasters and the arts, in western Massachusetts since 2007. Before joining WAMC, Paul was a reporter and anchor at WRKO in Boston. He was news director for more than a decade at WTAG in Worcester. Paul has won more than two dozen Associated Press Broadcast Awards. He won an Edward R. Murrow award for reporting on veterans’ healthcare for WAMC in 2011. Born and raised in western New York, Paul did his first radio reporting while he was a student at the University of Rochester.
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