There’s myriad dining options, an on-site hotel with five-star accommodations a spa and pool, a sports bar with a built-in bowling alley and arcade in addition to plenty of viewing options, and an outdoor plaza that promises year-round entertainment for casino-goers and area residents alike.Īnd unlike most casinos, those in Vegas and elsewhere, much of that extra entertainment – the restaurants, the sports bar, many of the shops and the Plaza and cinema – are all accessible from the street as well as from inside the complex.Īll casinos have a theme – here it is local history – but what impressed me most was the attention to detail throughout the property. Yes, there’s plenty of glitz – the requisite gilded lion greets guests as they pull into the parking garage and the valet and self-parking entrances open onto the casino floor with its rows and rows of blinking, chiming slot machines – but gaming isn’t all there is to draw visitors. 20, where amid a beehive of last-minute construction and touch-ups, we viewed the new addition to Springfield’s skyline from the sixth floor Presidential suite to the back halls of the still-under construction Regal Cinema complex – and nearly everything in-between. Reminder Publishing was privileged to take part in one of the pre-opening media tours of the new casino on Aug. And according to MGM tour guides, the incorporation of so much of the local legacy into this property – a first in the history of MGM’s ventures worldwide – was a carefully considered part of the plan. And lucky for us, they did it our way.įrom the specially commissioned piece by artist Mia Pearlman that graces the hotel entrance – a swirling, white, three-dimensional sculpture paying tribute to the 2011 tornado that paved the way for this phoenix to rise from its destruction – to the carefully preserved buildings, facades and architectural elements incorporated throughout the property, MGM pays homage to its host city in ways large – and subtle – at every turn. MGM truly spared no expense in bringing what it has billed as world-class gaming and entertainment to Springfield. I know, I was just there this past February.
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