How Wynn’s Boston Casino Is Rising on Land Tied to a Mobster
Massachusetts is reviewing whether the company buried sexual misconduct to get a gaming license. But another cloud hangs over the megaproject on the Mystic River.
Steve Wynn speaks to reporters about the planned casino in Everett, Mass., in 2016.
Photographer: Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty ImagesWynn Resorts Ltd.’s Boston area casino, heralded as a growth engine for locals and the company alike, was nearing completion when trouble arrived earlier this year in the form of sexual-assault allegations against founder Steve Wynn. Massachusetts’s gaming regulator is threatening to pull the casino’s license if it determines that the Wynn executives knew about and failed to disclose their boss’s behavior.
But there’s another cloud hanging over the $2.5 billion Wynn Boston Harbor. The complex is rising on land whose previous owners include two convicted felons, one with alleged mob ties.