'At the end of the day, people want to come for an experience,' DeSalvio said. On Thursday, June 6, the Labor Department issues revised data on productivity in the first quarter. Window washers work on Encore Boston Harbor in Everett, Mass. And Koons' Popeye will stand sentry by the casino's meeting rooms. Murano glass chandeliers will dangle from the gambling floor ceiling. Much like the company's other properties, Encore Boston Harbor will feature millions of dollars in original artwork.Ī fanciful carousel sculpture made up of 83,000 flowers and 11,000 jewels will greet visitors at the casino entry. Speaking at his offsite administrative office last week, Encore Boston Harbor President Robert DeSalvio highlighted the attractions the company hopes will make the casino stand out in an increasingly crowded Northeast market. Wynn Resorts has also purchased a number of homes and businesses leading up to the casino's grand entry and begun razing them, with promises of future redevelopment.Ĭasino officials have declined media requests to tour the property in recent months, opting instead to showcase it on a single preview on June 21. A new 6-acre park featuring a harbor walk and gardens will give the public access to the city's waterfront for the first time in more than a century. Key to that revival, DeMaria and casino officials say, is the company's nearly $70 million environmental cleanup of the 33-acre former chemical plant land and its shoreline. 'Everett will no longer be that place where the scrap yards and the used car lots and the power plant are.' Encore Boston Harbor casino looms above the surrounding neighborhood in Everett, Mass. 'We were ready for something like this,' Mayor Carlo DeMaria said last week, putting forth a vision of a thriving waterfront district of hotels, restaurants and shops.

Massachusetts leaders hope the resort and its curved, bronze-toned hotel tower - echoing the company's distinctive properties in Vegas and Macau - transforms the city's reputation as an industrial afterthought. The $2.6 billion gambling, hotel and entertainment complex brings Las Vegas opulence to the unlikeliest of places: a largely industrial waterfront home to a subway train repair yard, a water and sewer agency facility and a power plant. (Michael Dwyer/AP File Photo)Īfter months of turmoil and uncertainty, Wynn Resorts' flamboyant Encore Boston Harbor casino opens June 23 just over the city line in Everett, Massachusetts. is scheduled to open June 23 transforming a contaminated property into what is billed as a waterfront oasis. The $2.6 billion Encore Boston Harbor in Everett, Mass.

Five-star hotel rooms starting at about $650 a night.

A $28 million statue of Popeye by the artist Jeff Koons.

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