![]() Old school chairs and a church pew have been repurposed in the casino’s food court. Merriam-Webster, the Springfield dictionary company, is represented with fat old dictionary books on stands, and wall artwork printed on dictionary pages. STEP lightly on this narrow spot! Will there really be a Morning? Pillows and carpets feature quotes from Emily Dickinson, the 19th-century Amherst poet who published work in the Springfield Republican newspaper. The resort has a number of homages to Springfield native Theodor Geisel, the famed children’s author known as Dr. Diners could reach a restaurant, for instance, either from the casino floor or directly from the restaurant’s on-street entrance.Ī view of presdential suite. Instead, the gambling floor is in the middle of the resort, surrounded by a ring of restaurants and shops. ![]() The complex also has a dozen entrances, according to MGM, breaking from the traditional casino model that funnels patrons through the gambling floor to reach the hotel and amenities. It doesn’t try to soar or gleam it tries to fit in. The casino used some existing downtown facades with new construction built inside and behind them. What makes MGM Springfield’s design unusual for the gambling industry is how the development blends into the existing streetscape of the city’s South End. “You are starting to see these pieces come together,” he said. Combined with the recent renovations to the city’s Union Station transit hub and a recent surge of construction of market-rate housing, “the ingredients are there for a long-term” economic revival, he said. “It’s going to bring very large numbers of people on a daily basis and that’s going to contribute to the overall atmosphere,” said Kevin Kennedy, Springfield’s chief development officer. ![]() ![]() An exterior view of the soon-to-open casino.
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