by Pete Redington | Dec 24, 2014 | News
Aaron Dwight Stephens was born in Connecticut in 1831. As a young man, he ran away to join the army and served in the Mexican War — until he was sent to jail for threatening the life of an officer. Stephens escaped from prison, however, and relocated to the Kansas...
by Hunter Styles | Dec 10, 2014 | Uncategorized
The site of the Springfield casino won’t look like anything much until 2015, but eight neighboring communities saw a tangible advance this past Friday in the form of cold hard cash. MGM distributed nearly $2 million to nearby communities as the first installment in a...
by Advocate Staff | Dec 10, 2014 | Uncategorized
Moving to make way for MGM? Don’t forget about Holyoke Very interesting article (Raising the Stakes: Springfield’s South End businesses relocate to make way for MGM, Nov. 8, 2014), but it didn’t go far enough. MGM, the city of Springfield, and the property owners are...
by Hunter Styles | Nov 29, 2014 | News
The Nov. 4, vote against Ballot Question 3 and the Repeal the Casino Deal movement locked in a promising future for MGM Springfield, which plans to break ground on its downtown casino complex before the end of the calendar year. But the future is less clear for many...
