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Michael Mathis, president and chief operations officer of MGM Springfield, told the Massachusetts Gaming Commission that the resort casino is attracting about 50,000 visitors
on weekend days and about 25,000 visitors on weekdays -- well above the company's estimate of between 15,000 and 20,000 guests per day.
"We expect some of those numbers to normalize but there is no question that there is tremendous interest in our resort," he said.
"I think it's largely because of the nature of the resort, which is a very mixed-use, downtown, porous design."
But that porous design -- which includes an open-air plaza, retail shopping center, a soon-to-open movie theater and restaurants in addition to the gaming area --
has also led to a problem with people under the legal gambling age of 21 accessing the gaming floor.
"We definitely still have some folks that are getting onto the floor that are underage. We're stopping them and we're trying to increase our communication around that,"
Mathis told the commission. He added, "We've got some parents that are choosing to leave their children in different parts of the resort while they game and
we've identified that issue and it is a big problem for us and it is a big problem for the experience."
Leave the kids at home if you plan to gamble, MGM Springfield says
Leave the kids at home if you plan to gamble, MGM Springfield says
MGM Springfield has announced existing and new efforts to prevent minors from being in gaming area, and new initiatives such as a ban on
unaccompanied children under age 16 anywhere on the resort.
Leave the kids at home if you plan to gamble, MGM Springfield says-
I would NEVER leave my kids so I can go gamble!
Michael Mathis, president and chief operations officer of MGM Springfield, told the Massachusetts Gaming Commission that the resort casino is attracting about 50,000 visitors
on weekend days and about 25,000 visitors on weekdays -- well above the company's estimate of between 15,000 and 20,000 guests per day.
"We expect some of those numbers to normalize but there is no question that there is tremendous interest in our resort," he said.
"I think it's largely because of the nature of the resort, which is a very mixed-use, downtown, porous design."
But that porous design -- which includes an open-air plaza, retail shopping center, a soon-to-open movie theater and restaurants in addition to the gaming area --
has also led to a problem with people under the legal gambling age of 21 accessing the gaming floor.
"We definitely still have some folks that are getting onto the floor that are underage. We're stopping them and we're trying to increase our communication around that,"
Mathis told the commission. He added, "We've got some parents that are choosing to leave their children in different parts of the resort while they game and
we've identified that issue and it is a big problem for us and it is a big problem for the experience."
Leave the kids at home if you plan to gamble, MGM Springfield says
Leave the kids at home if you plan to gamble, MGM Springfield says
MGM Springfield has announced existing and new efforts to prevent minors from being in gaming area, and new initiatives such as a ban on
unaccompanied children under age 16 anywhere on the resort.
Leave the kids at home if you plan to gamble, MGM Springfield says-
I would NEVER leave my kids so I can go gamble!
