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The old horse track at the East Boston-Revere border has been sold for a massive redevelopment, while Nevada-based Wynn opened its Encore Boston Harbor casino and hotel in Everett last year after investing $2.6 billion there and hiring thousands. Saris left the door open, though, for the group to pursue certain claims in state court.

• The Wynn Resorts casino project in Everett could be delayed while former owner Steve Wynn tries to block a report about allegations of sexual misconduct. Months ahead of the opening of the Encore casino in Everett, gaming officials in Massachusetts are facing a court battle with the casino's former owner, Steve Wynn.
• Steve Wynn, the casino company’s high-profile namesake, has described the appeal as an “irritation,” saying he expects to still break ground this summer. Upon filing the appeal, Curtatone’s.
• Encore Boston Harbor (previously referred to as Wynn Everett and Wynn Boston Harbor) is a luxury resort and casino located in Everett, Massachusetts, and owned by Wynn Resorts. The resort is in a commercial-industrial area on the Mystic River, about 5 miles (8.0 km) from downtown Boston.
• Wynn’s first option for a casino site was in Foxborough, MA, near the site of Gillette Stadium (home of New England Patriots). However, government selectmen in Foxborough rejected the plan and Wynn.

Everett, MA - The Massachusetts Gaming Commission is one step closer to finalizing a gaming license for Encore Boston Harbor, the casino scheduled to open in Everett in June 2019. The commission voted on February 20th to settle the lawsuit brought by the former head of Wynn Resorts, Steve Wynn. Details of the settlement have not been made public and Wynn has yet to accept the terms.

Originally named Wynn Boston Harbor, the casino was re-branded as Encore Boston Harbor following the allegations of sexual harassment against CEO Steve Wynn. Wynn stepped down from his company Wynn Resorts in 2018 after dozens of women came forward with allegations of his sexual misconduct. Wynn has denied the accusations.

In light of the accusations against Steve Wynn, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission began an investigation to reevaluate the casino operator’s suitability to run a casino in the state. The focus of the investigation was whether Wynn Resorts' executive leadership was aware of these allegations against the former CEO at the time that the casino operator submitted its bid to build the Everett casino. Wynn sued the commission for the investigation's use of what he claimed were attorney-client privileged documents, which were given to the commission by Wynn Resorts without his permission.

Given the anticipated tax revenues and thousands of job openings expected at the Everett casino, no one wants to jeopardize the June 2019 opening of Encore Boston Harbor. As highlighted by the Boston Herald, court filings on behalf of the commission stated that a prolonged lawsuit and delayed investigation into the allegations against Wynn “...will almost certainly result in a delay in opening the gaming establishment, in turn delaying 4,500 full-time job opportunities, and depriving (Massachusetts) of millions of dollars in tax revenue every month.” Wynn Resorts has already agreed to pay a fine of an undetermined amount for the role that the casino operator played in covering up alleged sexual misconduct by Steve Wynn.

Elaine Driscoll of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission said in a statement that the findings of the investigative report will be available for public review as soon as possible.

BOSTON — Wynn Resorts has renamed the $2.5 billion casino it’s building outside of Boston to Encore Boston Harbor, as the company continues to take steps to distance itself from founder Steve Wynn after sexual misconduct allegations.

New CEO Matthew Maddox confirmed the long speculated change to state gambling regulators Friday as they considered the company’s request to remove Wynn’s name from its Massachusetts casino license.

Wynn resigned as chairman and CEO and later sold his company shares following the allegations, which he denies.

“This company is not about a man. Steve Wynn is not Wynn Resorts,” Maddox said. “Wynn Resorts is about the 25,000 employees that grow this company every day.”

Maddox said banners around the Everett waterfront site that once heralded the coming of “Wynn Boston Harbor” were being removed Friday and new ones bearing the “Encore” moniker also used at one of the company’s Las Vegas casinos were going up in their place.

Commission members didn’t comment on the change, which doesn’t require state approval.

They’re expected to issue a decision next week on whether Steve Wynn should continue to be considered a part of the Massachusetts project for regulatory purposes.

The commission has stressed that even if Wynn’s name were removed from the company’s casino license, it would not interrupt the broader review of Wynn Resorts.

The five-member panel is investigating what the company’s board might have known about the allegations, including a $7.5 million settlement with one accuser that wasn’t disclosed when the state awarded the company a license in 2014.

A lawyer for Steve Wynn has argued that the commission no longer has jurisdiction over him because he’s a private citizen divested from “all ownership interests” in his namesake company.

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Maddox outlined other ways the company is changing its corporate culture, including appointing three new women to the board of directors, providing paid parental leave, changing its sexual harassment training and creating a new department focused on gender equality, diversity and female leadership.

“Things are moving at lightning speed,” he said. “We are moving this company forward. We’re taking these issues very seriously.”

Everett Mayor Carlo DeMaria, who attended Friday’s hearing in Boston, said the name change was the right move in light of calls from sexual assault survivors, who joined a chorus of prominent state officials in requesting it, including Republican Gov. Charlie Baker and Democratic state Attorney General Maura Healey.

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“There were a lot of serious allegations made,” DeMaria said. “If those prove to be true, they’re not appropriate and a name change is in the best interests of the project.”

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Gina Scaramella, head of the nonprofit Boston Area Rape Crisis Center that supports sexual assault survivors, called it a positive step forward.

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“It shows that we’ve reached a tipping point in how our culture responds to sexual harassment and assault,” she said.

Wynn has filed a defamation lawsuit against The Associated Press for its reporting on a separate allegation made to police.