Cordish is Final Company to Decide on Slots Location

The company eyeing Danvers still has not decided where it will seek a license for a slots parlor.

The Massachusetts Gaming Commission is still waiting to hear from Cordish Companies about where it wants to locate a proposed slots parlor in the state. One possible site the company has considered in the Liberty Tree Mall in Danvers. The other company that had not announced a location for its planned slots parlor, Mass Gaming and Entertainment LLC, has confirmed that they plan to pursue a project in Worcester, according to the Gaming Commission's Division of Investigations and Enforcement. "They did not specify an exact location," said the commission's spokeswoman Elaine Driscoll. The final company that has not announced a specific location is Cordish Companies, operating as PPE Resort Casinos in Massachusetts. It has not yet indicated a …

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5 Things To Know on March 13: Award-Winning Author Reads, Signs Books at Library

A great way to start the day with a quick look at the events and happenings in town.

Welcome to “5 Things,” your daily source for community events, happenings in town and other little tidbits of information. Here are five things you need to know on Wednesday, March 13. 1. Nicer: The sun is forecasted to eventually emerge on Wednesday, with the temperature eventually getting to about 50 degree again. 2. Author Visit: Author Laura Harrington will be at Peabody Institute Library on Wednesday evening, reading for her novel “Alice Bliss,” which has been a Mass Book Award Winner, a People Magazine “People Pick” and one of Entertainment Weekly’s “Best Reads of the Summer.” Harrington will appear at a reception at 6:30 and then read from the book, answer questions sign books starting at 7 p.m. Copies of the book will also be for …

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5 Things To Know on March 5: North Shore Business Expo Comes to Town

A great way to start the day with a quick look at the events and happenings in town.

Welcome to “5 Things,” your daily source for community events, happenings in town and other little tidbits of information. Here are five things you need to know on Tuesday, March 5. 1. Warmer: Clouds will still linger on Tuesday but the temperature will get a little higher than Monday – up to the mid-40s.  There’s an outside chance of a morning shower and there will be a light north wind. 2. Expo: The annual North Shore Business Expo comes to DoubleTree by Hilton Boston North Shore on Tuesday, with a full day of events planned. Businesses from all across the region will take part and there will be several seminars and panels discussions for local business leaders. 3. Blogs: Have you checked our "Local Voices" blogs? Just in the past few …

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Casino Developer Postpones Public Meeting on Slots Parlor

The Maryland-based developer that has discussed a proposal to locate a slot parlor at Liberty Tree Mall will not hold a public meeting this week as once discussed.

There will not be a public meeting this week to hear more from the Maryland-based developer that has eyed Liberty Tree Mall as a possible location for a slots parlor. Town Manager Wayne Marquis said that a representative of The Cordish Companies - the developer that is reportedly interested in slots parlor at the mall - e-mailed him last week to say the company is postponing plans for a March 5 meeting at Danvers High School. The representative, Jeff Snyder, said he appreciated feedback he has received so far from town staff and the Board of Selectmen but plans to take more time preparing the presentation. "They said they needed to be comprehensive and thorough in any presentation they make to the community," Marquis said. The delay in the…

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First Slots Deadline Coming on Monday

The state Gaming Commission has set Monday as the deadline for all companies to decide whether it is seeking a resort casino license or slots parlor license.

Monday is the first hard deadline for The Cordish Companies and its subsidiary PPE Casino Resorts MA - the company that has been eyeing Liberty Tree Mall in Danvers for a possible slots parlor. The deadline was set just last Monday. It applies to both PPE Casino Resort and Rush Street Gaming, two of the 11 applicants that have not said whether they seek a resort casino license or slots license. Cordish and its PPE subsidiary have been considering a plan for a 100,000 square foot, 1,250 slots complex that would be built at Liberty Tree Mall. Not many other details have emerged about the plan. WWLP-TV in Springfield reports that the other location being eyed by Cordish is Chicopee, where the company is interested in a riverfront mill area. …

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Casino Developer Has Week to Decide if it Will Pursue Slots License

The company that is reportedly looking at Liberty Tree Mall as a location for the state's only slots parlor has a week to decide if it is seeking a slots license, and not a resort casino license.

The company eyeing Liberty Tree Mall as the site of the state’s only slots parlor has a week to decide whether it will indeed seek a slots license, the Boston Herald is reporting on Monday afternoon. Later, in a press release, Massachusetts Gaming Commission spokeswoman Elaine Driscoll confirmed the report through a press release issued by the commission. There’s only one slots license up for grabs statewide and the state Gaming Commission has said it plans to award that license by the end of the year. To move along the process, the commission has set Monday, Feb. 18 as the deadline for the two undecided companies to tell state regulators whether they want to build a resort casino or slots parlor. Eleven companies submitted an application …

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Slots Developer to Meet with Selectmen on Wednesday

Members of the Danvers Board of Selectmen plan to meet with a representatives of the Cordish Co. on Wednesday about the companies plans to possibly build a slots parlor at Liberty Tree Mall.

Representatives from the Cordish Co. plan to meet with members of the Board of Selectmen at Town Hall on Wednesday to go over plans to possibly build a slots parlor at Liberty Tree Mall. On Tuesday night, selectmen told about 60 people that filled the Toomey Meeting Room that they did not have any further details beyond what has been reported in the press. “We have no details and no further information,” said Selectman Gardner Trask. Selectmen plan to meet with a Cordish representative in groups of one or two on Wednesday to hear more details and ask questions. The meetings will not be public and are limited in number to avoid violations of the Open Meeting law. A public meeting to hear from the company has been scheduled for March 5. May …

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