MGM Resorts, parent of Springfield casino, says regional casinos are leading its recovery
...rating at reduced capacity and, until early this month, reduced hours
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Western Mass. tourism industry and small businesses brace for trouble ahead as pandemic pressures bottom lines
...on, highlighted a report by Develop Springfield that small businesses are higher than the national average in Springfield and that they are the backbone of the region’s economy. “When you’ve got a large swath of that dis...
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MGM Resorts names Bill Hornbuckle CEO and president; executive had been acting leader since March
...dent and chief operating officer of MGM Resorts International when the company developed its $960 million MGM Springfield resort casino in the city’s South End. He has warned of thousands of potential layoffs company wid...
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MGM Springfield gives sneak peek at COVID-19 protections ahead of July 13 reopening
...overnor. The various precautionary and public health and safety changes include: MGM Springfield is following MGM Resorts International’s comprehensive “Seven-Point Safety Plan,” which was developed in conjunction with a...
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MGM Resorts requires masks for all guests and visitors in public spaces at U.S. properties; state already requires them when MGM Springfield reopens
...s U.S. properties. Guests who do not comply will be asked to leave the property, MGM said in a news release. MGM Resorts International, the Las Vegas-based parent of MGM Springfield, will require masks for all guests an...
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Massachusetts casinos may be last in the country to reopen, companies tell Gaming Commission; shutdown extended to at least June 1
...business for a four- or five-day week? MGM recently warned state authorities that nearly 1,900 workers at its Springfield casino — nearly the entire staff — could be laid off at the end of July. Gullbrants said parent co...
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MGM Resorts Releases Health And Safety Plan for Reopening Properties
...stic properties and resorts that were temporarily closed in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, including MGM Springfield. The report details MGM Resorts Seven-Point Safety Plan, a multi-layered set of protocols and proc...
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MGM Springfield: Nearly 1,900 layoffs possible this summer due to coronavirus
...employees MGM Resorts International promised state regulators it would hire when campaigning for the licence. SPRINGFIELD — MGM Springfield told state labor officials this month that it will lay off as many as 1,887 empl...
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MGM’s Bill Hornbuckle warns of thousands of layoffs in letter to employees amid coronavirus shutdown
...s Strip, including The Mirage and Mandalay Bay. Outside of Las Vegas, its other U.S. properties include.: MGM Springfield, the Western Massachusetts casino opened in August 2018; MGM National Harbor outside of Washington...
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MGM executives take pay cuts, buy stock to build confidence
...y cuts and Hornbuckle and other insiders bought stock in MGM Resorts International, the parent company of MGM Springfield, according to documents filed with the federal Securities and Exchange Commission. MGM Resorts Int...
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MGM International names Bill Hornbuckle acting CEO; Jim Murren steps down amid coronavirus outbreak
...erating officer Michael Mathis and vice president and chief financial officer Courtney Wenleder both left the Springfield casino. MGM Springfield reported $21.9 million in gross gaming revenue in February, it’s highest r...
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Mass. Gaming Commission to meet with MGM Springfield for quarterly report, vote on Court Square housing
...f the long-vacant building at 13-31 Elm St., at Court Square, planned for market rate housing and other uses. SPRINGFIELD — The Mass. Gaming Commission will meet Thursday with MGM Springfield officials to review their qu...
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Jim Murren steps down as head of MGM Resorts International, parent company of MGM Springfield
...rd to working with the new Chair and CEO as we continue to move our MGM Springfield forward.” In January, MGM Springfield President and Chief Operating Officer Michael Mathis and Vice-president and Chief Financial Office...
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CVS opens near MGM Springfield Sunday; developer says it’ll draw shoppers to neighborhood
...eet, State Street area that we are trying to bring back.” He thanked MGM Springfield executives, particularly MGM Resorts International Chief Operating Officer Corey Sanders, who Irving said personally intervened to get ...
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MGM Springfield property may be sold, leased back by casino giant
...o on the Las Vegas strip, which was announced on Oct. 15. SPRINGFIELD — As part of an “asset-light” strategy, MGM Resorts International is contemplating selling off MGM Springfield and other properties, while retaining c...
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How MGM Springfield, Encore Boston Harbor drew more women, minorities to construction jobs
... from the apprenticeship and worked a number of projects as a journey woman. She’s worked on MGM Springfield, Springfield Central High School and the Elias Brookings Elementary School, among other builds. When Robinson s...
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Fortune 500: Where did Massachusetts companies like MassMutual and General Electric rank? - masslive.com
...h in Massachusetts with $5.4 billion in revenue. MGM Resorts International, the Nevada-based owner of the MGM Springfield casino, is No. 266 with $11.7 billion in revenues. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. was fou...
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MGM tells investors: Springfield ‘continues to ramp;’ entertainment expected to draw more visitors
... J. Hornbuckle, resorts president and CEO, were optimistic about MGM Springfield’s future, with Murren noting Springfield had a strong March and that it “continues to ramp” up. "We expect to see at Springfield a ramp-up ...
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At MGM Springfield, Revenues Are Slow, but Optimism Abounds - BusinessWest
...ers as they talk about the $950 million property in Springfield’s South End. Jim Murren, president and CEO of MGM Resorts International, used it early and often in a conference call with stock analysts last month followi...
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MGM announces $1 million donation to scholarship program for children of employees
... program, which will offer scholarships up to $2,500 to children of full-time MGM employees starting in 2019. MGM Resorts International announced a seven-figure investment this week in the education of employees' familie...
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MGM Springfield revenues in line with expectations, company tells investors
...s chairman and CEO Jim Murren had this to say during a conference call with stock analysts: SPRINGFIELD - MGM Springfield brought in $42.5 million in net revenue over its first five weeks of operation, according to the t...
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MGM Springfield reveals that new 3,400 space parking garage will be free to patrons and the public
...ok forward to providing the public the details about how to access our property, including our free parking." SPRINGFIELD -- The MGM Springfield parking garage, nearing completion in the downtown-South End area, will be ...
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Hannoush Jewelers will open store at MGM Springfield casino
... their first store in Chicopee two years later. SPRINGFIELD -- Hannoush Jewelers will have a store at the MGM Springfield casino, the Springfield-based chain and MGM announced today. "We are going to build, or we are in ...
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Gov. Charlie Baker says he thinks 'people are going to be blown away' by MGM Springfield
... is in Springfield and it's a big part of Springfield's history," he said following an afternoon event at the Springfield Museums. "I think people are going to be blown away by it." SPRINGFIELD -- Although MGM Springfiel...
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