Suffolk Downs
City Council may try to raise stakes in Filene's Hole battle
By adamg - 1/3/12 - 8:55 amThe Herald reports the City Council has formed a special committee on gambling. Part of its role will be to figure out if everybody in Boston should vote on allowing a casino at Suffolk Downs, but it may also attempt to leverage Vornado Realty Trust's 20% ownership of Suffolk Downs into getting it to do something about the Hole, of which it is the majority owner.
The mayor vs. the Krafts
By adamg - 12/3/11 - 11:54 amThe Herald reports on the looming battle royale between Tom Menino, who wants a casino at Suffolk Downs, and Robert Kraft, who wants a casino next to his football stadium/mall in Foxboro.
Should entire city get to vote on casino in East Boston?
By adamg - 9/23/11 - 5:38 amState Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz wants to extend a referendum provision of the proposed state gambling bill from the area immediately around a casino to an entire municipality. The Dorchester Reporter explains why everybody in Boston should have a say in whether Suffolk Downs becomes a casino.
The connection between the Hole and a casino at Suffolk Downs
By adamg - 9/19/11 - 12:01 pmCould the BRA's sudden kissie-kissie with evil Hole overlord Vornado have anything to do with Vornado's part ownership of the group that wants to build a casino at Suffolk Downs - the one the mayor is betting on? Jason Schwartz assumes 2+2=4.
Place your bets: East Boston vs. Milford
By adamg - 9/16/11 - 6:27 amThe Herald reports the mayor continues to back plans for a resort casino at Suffolk Downs, but that he'll have to fight off Milford, which is also expected to put in a bid for a gambling emporium.
Ed. question: The Herald actually says the racetrack's owners want to build a "resort-style casino." How is that different from a plain old "resort casino?"
What are the odds of a casino at Suffolk Downs?
By adamg - 9/15/11 - 6:41 amDeveloper can't find money to fill Filene's Memorial Hole, but has more than enough to help build Suffolk Downs casino
By adamg - 7/15/10 - 10:46 amWhy, hello, Vornado Realty Trust! Blue Mass Group reports.
Looks like a fortress with pretty pennants
By adamg - 7/6/10 - 7:18 pmJim considers drawing of the proposed resort casino at Suffolk Downs, notes something is decidedly lacking:
[E]lderly folks with oxygen tanks and children left in cars are missing from the attractive drawing.
The paper that shills for Suffolk Downs
By adamg - 6/19/10 - 9:22 amJim wonders when the East Boston Times will dedicate some space to a real discussion of an issue that is of huge importance to this neighborhood instead of just shilling for the racetrack and its effort to get a slice of that whole gambling thing.
DeLeo: We don't give a fig what the public thinks about gambling plan
By adamg - 4/2/10 - 7:12 amReleased yesterday, ready for a vote next week. Includes a provision for slots at Suffolk Downs.
The Outraged Liberal wonders:
... Is the racino proposal really so shaky it cannot stand a public discussion? Or because the bill's new provisions really only affect your own district and a couple of others, do you think no one else need bother themselves with the details? ...
Jim, who lives in East Boston, isn't too happy with the Speaker, either:
... There are many legitimate arguments against casinos and slots, and not allowing for an open and fact-based discussion is clearly undemocratic. ...
