Dining offerings include Lydia Shire, Ken Oringer and Wolfgang Puck. The resort features a 250-room hotel, boutique spa, gaming, 113,000 s/f of retail/restaurants, bowling, and a luxury movie theater. This unique vision provides positive experiences for all ages. Unlike the typical 'casino in a box,' MGM Springfield is outward facing with stores, restaurants, and apartments open to Main St.

Immediately located adjacent to I-91, the project brings parking, retail, restaurants, and entertainment back to New England's fourth largest city. In collaboration with Charles Irving of Davenport Companies, MGM is creating a Springfield retail/entertainment vision unlike any other gaming facility.

The company, known throughout the world for hospitality, entertainment, dining and gaming hopes to bring its unique vision and a renewed vitality to the heart of Springfield. MGM is a Fortune 500 company with renowned resort properties in the United States, China, and Dubai. In partnership with Springfield, both see opportunity to support revitalization inspired by that grand past. Both have recollections of vibrant shops, restaurants, and a fondly remembered era. MGM's president, Bill Hornbuckle, moved to Springfield as a child.

The chairman of MGM, Jim Murren, grew up in nearby Connecticut. The confluence of these events resulted in MGM Resorts International's selection of Main St., Springfield for its 'Massachusetts' gaming bid. In the same year, Governor Deval Patrick approved gaming legislation aimed at revitalizing a struggling economy. View of Hotel Porte Cochere, MGM Springfield - Springfield, MA In June 2011, a tornado touched down in the heart of Springfield, Mass.

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