The host community agreement must be approved by Everett voters in a referendum scheduled for June 22. The plan calls for a 19-story hotel and casino, with restaurants and retail stores along a riverwalk on either side of the main building.
Wynn, whose prominent Las Vegas properties include the Bellagio and The Mirage, has proposed a $1.2 billion casino on a 37-acre site along the Mystic River that was formerly home to a chemical plant. The agreement also includes several other commitments from Wynn, including help in mitigating transportation impacts from a casino project, completing the cleanup of environmental contamination at the proposed site and giving preference to Everett residents in the hiring of an estimated 8,000 permanent and temporary construction jobs for the project. EVERETT (AP) - Las Vegas casino operator Steve Wynn would make $30 million in advance payments to the city of Everett and more than $25 million in annual payments once a proposed resort casino was open for business, under a host community agreement announced Thursday by Mayor Carlo DeMaria.
