The City of Boston was now on the outside looking in when it came to the casino. which was not part of its gaming license application. Wynn then founded a new company, Everett Property LLC (a Massachusetts LLC) to purchase the 6 acre Boston parcel. That land would would be submitted as part of Wynn's application for a gaming license. Wynn formed a limited liability company, Wynn MA, LLC (a Nevada company doing business in MA) to purchase the 30 acres in Everett. The 30 acres in Everett was used in Wynn’s casino license application it submitted to MGC where it named Everett as the Host Community and Boston as a Surrounding Community.

Wynn divided the land purchase into two separate agreements … 30 acres in Everett and 6 acres in Boston. So Wynn's strategy was to take the Boston parcel out of the equation.

The city of Boston, who openly supported the Suffolk / Mohegan project, was never going to approve a casino on the Everett/Boston site. Whereas the Suffolk / Mohegan project had clearly defined parties as to Host and Surrounding cities, Wynn’s issue was that its proposed property was located in two separate cities. The ultimate decision, Host versus Surrounding, was determined by the MGC. Thirty acres of the property was located in Everett, MA, on the border with Boston, and 6 acres was on the Mystic River in Boston. Wynn's new parcel was 36 acres acres on an abandoned, toxic Monsanto Chemical plant.

Mohegan's competitor for the gaming license was Wynn Resorts who found a piece of property in Everett, MA after being dropped from consideration in a Host Community vote by the town of Foxboro, MA (Gillette Stadium). The funds they negotiated would go toward infrastructure, additional police, fire fighters, etc. Host Communities had the right to either accept or reject a gaming site, whereas Surrounding Communities would just negotiate the best deal that they could with the casino operator. Boston would be affected by the casino and part of the legislation that legalized gaming in Massachusetts allowed for agreements between the casino operator and a Host Community, the city where the casino would operate, and Surrounding Communities, those nearby the casino. In July 2014, the city of Boston negotiated a deal with Suffolk Downs/Mohegan Sun as part of a Surrounding Community agreement for a casino.

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