The first phase of the project would include a 2,100-space parking garage, a sports bar, a poker room, a nightclub for nearly 1,000 people, a roof-deck “day club,” a 980-seat theater, and a 200-seat comedy club. The city council could vote this week on a zoning change that would allow gambling to take place at the 13-acre area, which largely consists of parking lots today. In the meantime, the company has made progress in local permitting with the project’s first phase, as Everett’s planning board approved a site plan last week, reports The Boston Globe. However, for these plans to become a reality, Wynn first needs the Massachusetts Gaming Commission to approve them. But the new plans also call for gambling through a poker room and a sportsbook facility at the site. The company’s latest vision for the land across Broadway from its Everett casino includes two hotels with ballrooms, three parking garages, a theater, restaurants and clubs as part of a development that would total 1.8 million square feet. The Las Vegas-based firm eyes an entertainment complex across the street where its Encore Boston Harbor casino is located – but needs to earn permission from the state’s Gaming Commission to include gambling on the proposed new site. Casino developer and operator Wynn Resorts is seeking to move forward with the expansion of its Everett, Massachusetts casino.

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