Look around and you’ll see depictions of Indian motorcycles which were once manufactured in Springfield.Īnd let’s get this out right from the top because it seems this is what people around here care about most: Parking will be free at the new MGM Springfield, and the company is encouraging visitors to downtown Springfield to use its seven-story, 3,400-space parking garage when they shop or have dinner in the neighborhood. The hotel motif is an homage to Springfield’s industrial roots with Edison bulb fixtures and factory-style paned glass. The six-story hotel has 250 rooms, which will go for $219 a night. The 125,000-square-foot casino - that’s about the size of the Aliante casino - will have 120 table games and 2,550 slot machines, a poker room and a high-limit VIP area. Massachusetts’ entry into the casino-resort era with the first of two entries from Las Vegas-based companies will be marked by an employee parade led by the Budweiser Clydesdales past a 600-pound MGM lion at the entrance. Newspaper accounts have raved about how big the place is.īut by Las Vegas standards, MGM Springfield has a feel closer to a neighborhood casino than a Bellagio. To New Englanders, Friday’s opening of MGM Springfield in Massachusetts is huge.
A rendering of MGM Resorts International's casino in Springfield, Massachusetts.
