Massachusetts Casino and Slots Proposals

Host agreement: Signed

Referendum: Sept. 10

Adjacent towns: Springfield, Westfield, Holyoke, Chicopee, Springfield, Agawam

Host agreement: Signed

Referendum: Passed

Adjacent towns: West Springfield, Chicopee, Ludlow, Wilbraham,

East Longmeadow, Agawam

Suitor: Northeast Realty which is leasing

the 152 acres to Mohegan

Investment: $1 billion

Host agreement: Signed

Referendum: Not scheduled

Sept or Oct. (Approx.)

Townwide referendum on host agreement

(60-90 days from signing)

Dec. 2013 to Feb 2014

State awards sole license between

December 2013 (with no surrounding

community arbitration) and February

2014 (if surrounding community

mitigation required).

Adjacent towns: Ludlow,

Belchertown, Ware, Warren,

Brimfield, Monson, Sturbridge, Wilbraham

Location: McCracken Road

Suitor: Mass Gaming & Entertainment, a

subsidiary of Rush Street Gaming

Size: 110,000 square feet

Investment: $200 million

Host agreement: Signed

Referendum: Sept. 24

Sept. 24

Townwide referendum on host agreement

(60-90 days from signing)

Oct. 4

Phase 2 application deadline for filing with

state Gaming Commission.

Dec. 2013 to Feb 2014

State awards sole license between

December 2013 (with no surrounding

community arbitration) and February

2014 (if surrounding community

mitigation required).

Adjacent towns: Worcester, Auburn, Oxford, Sutton, Grafton

Location: Jungle Rd.

Suitor: Cordish Cos. DBA PPE Casino

Resorts MA

Host agreement: Signed

Referendum: Sept. 24

Oct. 4

Cordish Cos. DBA PPE Casino Resorts MA must submit its final proposal for a

Leominster slots only casino to the

Massachusetts Gaming Commission.

Dec. 2013

Massachusetts Gaming Commission

anticipates awarding the slots only casino

license (Feb. 2014 if there are unresolved

community or live entertainment venue

issues.)

Adjacent towns: Westminster,

Fitchburg, Lancaster, Lunenburg,

Sterling, Princeton

Location: Route 16 and Interstate 495

Suitor: Foxwoods Massachusetts

(originally Crossroads Massachusetts

LLC)

Size: 660,000 square feet (Phase 1)

Investment: $1 billion

Host agreement: Negotiations

Referendum: Not scheduled

Aug. 31

Mitigation public meetings:

environmental/design impacts.

August

Negotiation would begin for host

community agreement if selectmen opt to

move forward.

December

If agreement signed, townwide referendum

must be scheduled within 60-90

days. Mass. Gaming Commission must

rule on suitability of applicants.

If voters approve host community

agreement at referendum, the proposal

would go to special town meeting for

approval to change zoning to

commercial/industrial (two-thirds majority

needed). If referendum and town meeting

approve agreement, and state approves

suitability of applicants, Phase 2

application to state must be filed by Dec.

31.

April 2014

State to award one license for Eastern

Massachusetts region and one for

Western Massachusetts by April 2014. An

Indian tribe license for Southeastern

Massachusetts will be awarded by

November 2014.mitigation required).

Adjacent towns: Upton, Hopkinton,

Holliston, Medway, Bellingham, Hopedale

Host agreement: Signed

Referendum: Sept. 10

Adjacent towns: Wrentham, Foxboro, Mansfield, North Attleboro

Host agreement: Signed

Referendum: Passed

Commercial casino development is on hold until federal approval for a tribal casino is decided.

Boston host agreement: Negotiations

Boston referendum: Not scheduled

Revere host agreement: Signed

Revere referendum: Not scheduled

Adjacent towns: Somerville, Cambridge, Watertown, Newton, Brookline, Needham,

Dedham, Milton, Quincy, Saugus, Malden,

Everett, Chelsea Boston, Winthrop

Host agreement: Signed

Referendum: Cancelled