Making my last bet on the Boston Globe.
"MGM pulls $600m Brimfield casino plan" March 28, 2012|By Mark Arsenault
MGM Resorts is abandoning plans to build a $600 million casino resort on a secluded site in rural Brimfield, saying that the land would not meet the needs of its ambitious project, but that MGM will continue searching for an appropriate site, the company confirmed Tuesday.
MGM, one of the world’s biggest casino operators, still intends to compete for the sole casino license for Western Massachusetts, a region that has drawn heavy interest from casino developers.
MGM operates some of the highest-profile gambling resorts on the Las Vegas strip, including Bellagio, the pyramid-shaped Luxor, and Mandalay Bay.
In January, the company announced with great fanfare that it wanted to build a rustic casino, dubbed Rolling Hills Resort, on a site just north of the Massachusetts Turnpike in tiny Brimfield, population of about 3,500. Before the proposal for the New England-themed casino from the Vegas gambling giant, the town was best known for its outdoor antique fairs.
But after months of study, MGM said Tuesday that its vision was too big for the remote, 150-acre parcel of undeveloped woods and steep hills....
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The overtures from MGM had divided Brimfield residents, as casino proposals have in other communities around the state.
“At this point I wish they had never come,’’ said Tony Bys, a retired postal carrier who had expressed a willingness to hear details of the proposal. “This has set neighbors against each other.’’
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