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MGM Springfield is laying off around 1,000 employees due to ongoing struggles during the coronavirus pandemic. The cuts are affecting MGM International employees across the company and go into effect on August 31. A company spokesperson confirmed about 1,000 employees in Springfield are affected. The affected employees will have extended health benefits through September 30 and remain on a recall…

MGM Springfield announced they are reopening mid-July following their closure earlier this year amid coronavirus concerns. A spokesperson for MGM Springfield said they will reopen in a limited capacity to the public starting on July 13 at 10 a.m. The reopening will not include hotel services at this time. They say additional venues and the hotel will open in the…

MGM has installed thousands of solar panels at its resort casino in Springfield, Massachusetts. The company said this month that the more than 3,000-panel solar canopy atop the casino’s parking garage will generate more than 1,600 megawatt hours of electricity when it goes online in January. That’s enough to power nearly 10% of the 2 million-square-foot casino, hotel and entertainment…

Springfield’s communications director has been suspended after she was arrested at the MGM Springfield casino and charged with property destruction.

An MGM dealer says the casino has been paying him less than minimum wage and shorting overtime pay. Shawn Connors, of Uncasville, Connecticut, filed a complaint Monday in U.S. District Court for Massachusetts, alleging that he is entitled to more than the wage MGM Springfield has been paying.

In its first full month of operations, the Wynn Resorts-owned Encore Boston Harbor casino took in about $48.6 million in revenue from table games and slots, according to a report by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission. Encore’s table game revenue was $27.42 million while slots brought in another $21.15 million, according to the gaming commission’s July revenue report released Thursday.

If you’ve been longing to see Aerosmith live, you don’t have to “Dream On” any longer. Get ready to rock n’ roll this August because Aerosmith will be performing at MGM Springfield.

One million visitors checked out Massachusetts’ first resort casino in its first six weeks of operation, MGM Springfield officials reported Thursday. The company reported the attendance figures and other early results for the casino that opened Aug. 24 near the Connecticut state line to state gambling regulators reviewing the facility’s initial days of operations.

Gambling revenues have dropped at MGM Springfield in the third month of operation at Massachusetts’ first resort casino. The state Gaming Commission reported Monday the casino near Connecticut generated $21 million in revenues from gambling in November, down from October’s $22 million and September’s $27 million.

Gambling revenues at MGM Springfield have dropped in the second full month of operation at Massachusetts’ first resort casino. The state Gaming Commission reported Thursday the casino near Connecticut generated $22 million in revenues from gambling, down 18.5 percent from $27 million in September.

MGM has reported nearly $27 million in revenue during the first full month of operation at its Massachusetts casino.

Massachusetts gambling regulators are reporting MGM Springfield generated $9.5 million from gambling operations in its first week open. The state Gaming Commission said in a revenue report Monday the casino earned $2.1 million in gross revenues from table games and $7.3 million from slot machines from its Aug. 24 opening to Aug. 31.

MGM officials say attendance and revenues from their nearly $1 billion casino in Springfield are exceeding expectations weeks after opening.

MGM is touting a strong opening weekend for its first casino in Massachusetts.

Massachusetts’ first resort casino with expansive gambling and entertainment options opened Friday with a Las Vegas-style flourish.

Doors are set to open to the public for Massachusetts’ first Las Vegas-style casino.

The slot machines are poised for patrons, the card tables are carefully prepared and the entertainment is just getting warmed up. Massachusetts’ first resort casino is getting ready for play. On the eve of MGM Springfield’s grand opening, the excitement was palpable. “Springfield, you took a chance,” said MGM Springfield President and COO Mike Mathis. “I promise it’ll be worth...

Officials at a soon-to-open Massachusetts casino resort say there will be year-round entertainment and activities at the $960 million resort.