Nov. 22, 2011: The Expanded Gaming Act initiates a commercial casino industry in Massachusetts. Dec. 16, 2013: Wynn Resorts Ltd. and its Massachusetts subsidiary are found suitable to apply for a state gaming license. Sept. 16-17, 2014: The Massachusetts Gaming Commission votes for Wynn Resorts’ $1.6B Wynn Everett proposal. The commission then votes to award a license to Wynn. Jan. 2, 2015 : Wynn Resorts acquires the 33-acre Everett site on the Mystic River. March 2016 : Steve Wynn announces a budget of $2B for the resort and a new working name — Wynn Boston Harbor — as well as a planned July startup. Construction begins in August. Jan. 26, 2018: The Wall Street Journal publishes a story alleging sexual misconduct and sexual harassment over several years by Steve Wynn. Wynn denies harassing anyone. Jan. 29, 2018: The Massachusetts Gaming Commission begins a regulatory investigation of Steve Wynn and Wynn Resorts. Feb. 6, 2018: Steve Wynn steps down as chairman and CEO of Wynn Resorts. April 2, 2019: The Massachusetts Gaming Commission begins a hearing to determine the standing of Matt Maddox and Wynn Resorts. April 30, 2019: The Massachusetts Gaming Commission delivers its decision.
Plans to turn Yucca Mountain into the nation’s nuclear waste repository have long received opposition from both sides of the aisle. But, is that changing?
A 21-year-old motorcyclist died Saturday night after striking a curb Saturday night.
The WNBA is experiencing a period of exponential growth, and the Aces are the hottest ticket in the league. Some fans have had to be diligent to acquire their seats.
‘Don’t squander this moment’: Nevada may expand cash-for-water rights programs for imperiled regions
Farmers have shown overwhelming interest in getting paid to retire rights to pump groundwater in rural Nevada. Could a state-run program save the water below us?
Here’s today’s local and national sports schedule, including television and radio listings.
The functional reality is that members of Congress need to keep Social Security alive or they will be voted out of office.
I would bet on Brightline. If they don’t succeed, it will only be because said great state of California got in the way.
Here are 10 of their most common untruths about Oct. 7 and the war that followed.
The crisis is not limited to Nevada, with the number of shelter animals euthanized nationwide in 2023 up 15 percent from the prior year.
Americans deserve far better than a future of electricity rationing and blackouts.
Redemption is a fundamental value worth celebrating. People who hit bottom and stand back up provide inspiration — not just for recovering addicts but for everyone.
President Joe Biden’s recent immigration ad should be considered an in-kind contribution to the Trump campaign.
UNLV celebrated its graduating class of spring 2024 at the Thomas & Mack Center.
The Durango baseball team edged Sierra Vista and will play in the winners’ bracket of the Class 4A state tournament. Check out all of Saturday’s playoff action.
Debates and protests sparked by Israel’s war in the Gaza Strip have worked their way into seemingly every corner in the world — even the free-spirited desert festival in Nevada known as Burning Man.
Hundreds of Culinary Local 226 members — which represents about 700 servers, stewards, housekeepers and others — at Virgin Hotels walked off the job Friday to pressure the resort-casino into making a deal that accounts for inflation and other higher labor costs like peers on the Strip.
Swiss singer Nemo won the 68th Eurovision Song Contest Saturday night