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Boston has divided its improvements into short-term fixes and a longer-term project. The early work, which is being paid for and managed by Wynn Resorts, should be finished in time for the opening of the company’s casino in 2019.
[toc]After some unseasonable spring weather, construction efforts on the Wynn Boston Harbor Casino are into high gear. Now the sheer size and scope of the Everett, Massachusetts project are beginning to take shape.
A recent report in the Boston Globeoffers a tantalizing glimpse at the future resort casino, which is scheduled to open June 24, 2019.
- (4/4/18, Everett) A flag flies at half mast after a 56-year-old construction worker at the Wynn Boston Harbor casino in Everett has killed 'after sustaining injuries' at the site Tuesday afternoon.
- Boston Globe via Getty Images. Wynn Resorts executives are in talks about a possible sale of its yet-to-be-opened $2.6 billion casino just outside of Boston to MGM Resorts, the two companies.
“On Monday, workers were pouring concrete for the top floor of the four-level underground parking garage, designed to hold some 3,000 cars. In other parts of the site, cranes lowered steel beams to workers who guided them into place.
Elevator shafts are rising from the foundation, and it’s possible to make out the curved shape of what will be a 29-story hotel tower of bronze glass. The tower will be 370 feet, 3 inches tall, according to Wynn Resorts.”
Wynn Boston Harbor is routinely touted by Wynn Resorts and Massachusetts officials as the largest single-phase private development project in the state’s history. And this isn’t hyperbole.
In fact, according to the Boston Globe, the building’s footprint alone will encompass 13 acres. Construction workers will pour 200,000 cubic yards of concrete by project’s end.
For some perspective, the Globe reports this is enough concrete to “lay a sidewalk the entire length of the Mass. Pike.”
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From concrete to destination casino
The Wynn Boston Harbor will be just outside Boston. The property isonly about 15-20 minutes by car from Logan International Airport. However, as in all major cities, the drive time is highly dependent on traffic.
With its prime location, Wynn Resorts is building a full-fledged destination resort casino designed to attract visitors from all over the globe.
During a keynote address at Global Gaming Expo 2014, Steve Wynn called Wynn Boston Harbor a “chance to build a grand hotel again” and give people a chance to experience the “good life” for a few days, to be a “big shot.”
Wynn hopes to fulfill that mission by providing both gaming and non-gaming options. It’s the “non-casino story that is the story,” Wynn said at G2E.
The 200,000-square-foot casino floor of the Wynn Boston Harbor will boast:
- 2,500 slot machines
- 150 table games
- 90-plus-table poker room
The property’s dining and entertainment options are even more impressive:
- A five-star hotel with 671 rooms
- 56,602 square feet of retail space
- 10 restaurants and bars
- Full-service spa and gym
- Multi-use convention space
- Outdoor space
- Indoor garden
As mentioned in the Globe article, the Massachusetts casino will have plenty of parking, including 2,931 spaces in an attached, underground parking garage. The property will also have 800 parking spots offsite.
The Encore Boston Harbor casino-resort opens at 10 a.m. on Sunday, June 23, after years of planning, construction, and not a little controversy. Its official address is 1 Broadway in Everett.
Here is more on eastern Massachusetts’ largest recreational gambling hub by the numbers, according to Wynn Resorts, the Las Vegas-based company behind it.
Total square-footage. The entire property runs to 3 million square feet, including the casino, the hotel portion, the outdoor space, the grounds, etc.
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Landscaping. The complex unfolds over 33 acres. There will be 800 trees more than 15 feet tall, 105,000 shrubs, and 61,000 flowers. There will be 115,000 square feet of patterned brick and 50,000 square feet of synthetic turf. A 44,000-gallon irrigation tank system will help water the landscaping via roof drainage.
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Casino. It will be 210,000 square feet. There will be 3,158 slot machines, 143 table games, 88 poker tables, 231 table games total, and 60 high-limit slots, including two private rooms within the high-limit slots with three machines in each room.
Conference and meeting space. There will 50,000 square feet of it total, and include 10 breakout rooms and a 37,000-square-foot grand ballroom.
Spa. It will be 26,000 square feet, and include 17 treatment rooms, six stylist stations, two pedicure stations, four manicure tables, two makeup stations, four shampoo stations, and one barber station.
Hotel. There will be 671 guest rooms and suites. They will range in size from 650 square feet to 5,800 square feet. Wynn Resorts notes that the average size of a New England hotel room is 250 square feet. The thread count on the linen will be 507. The fitness center will be 3,648 square feet.
Restaurants and other eateries. The casino-resort will host 15 food and beverage options, including four independently owned places.
Shops. There will be five: Wynn Collection, Wynn Mens, Wynn Beauty, the Drugstore, and Watches of Switzerland.
Outdoor space. There will 26,000 square feet of it available to guests, hotel and otherwise.
Carousel. The casino-resort’s merry-go-round will have 10 horses, 83,000 flowers, and 11,000 jewels.
Ferries. What Wynn is calling the Encore Premium Harbor Shuttle is expected to take 28,393 trips per year via four vessels, ferrying riders from locations at the World Trade Center in the Seaport District and Long Wharf on the downtown Boston waterfront to the resort.
Employees. A small army of 5,500 is expected to service the Encore Boston Harbor.
Special mirror. The Encore Boston Harbor will include one mirror from the original Desert Inn Hotel in Las Vegas, which is now the site of Wynn Resorts’ flagship Wynn Las Vegas and Encore Las Vegas.