Outlook 2024 | ‘When MGM Springfield does well, the entire city does well’ (Viewpoint)

Outlook 2024 | ‘When MGM Springfield does well, the entire city does well’ (Viewpoint)

In August 2018, I had the privilege of traveling to Western Massachusetts for the first time to support the opening of MGM Springfield. I remember marveling at how the architects and designers were able to intricately weave Springfield’s history into every corner of the resort; how the 14-acre parcel in the heart of downtown — decimated by a tornado — had been radically and beautifully transformed into a living, breathing economic engine to aid …