A list of contracted local vendors is expected to be released sometime after the opening. MGM has pledged to spend $50 million annually with local vendors, principally in Springfield, but in Hampden, Hampshire, Franklin and Berkshire counties as well. 'And I promise, it will be worth it.'īerkshire County gets a few specific nods from MGM, with town names in the carpet and a top mention on the website's local attractions page. 'Springfield took a chance on us,' MGM Resorts CEO Jim Murren said at Thursday's event. The whole place is styled New England-rustic, with a lot of wood, natural colors and antiques. This casino, which opens at 11 a.m., is uniquely Western Massachusetts. Other features include the Springfield Armory facade, the 1887 French Congregational Church that was relocated from Bliss Street to the resort for MGM the names of local towns woven into the pit's carpet an Indian Motorcycle mural behind the outdoor concert space Iron Duke beer on draft tin ceiling tiles and doughnuts from Mrs. Seuss books in the library-themed bar, and glass windows and domes salvaged from local buildings on the walls. Parts of Western Massachusetts are well-represented throughout the resort: wood etchings by Springfield artist Asa Chaffetz in the hallway an 1888 portrait of every Freemason in Springfield in a lobby Dr.
