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Appeal Forces Wynn to Halt April Casino Groundbreaking

EVERTT, MA—Blaming an appeal filed by neighboring City of Somerville, Wynn Resorts has halted all hiring and construction activities on its $1.7-billion Wynn Everett casino resort here

By John Jordan | johnjordan | Updated on February 29, 2016

The Wynn Everett casino resort is now on hold indefinitely. The Wynn Everett casino resort is now on hold indefinitely.

EVERTT, MA—Blaming an appeal filed by neighboring City of Somerville, Wynn Resorts has halted all hiring and construction activities on its $1.7-billion Wynn Everett casino resort here.

The Las Vegas-based gaming concern reports that it has cancelled its planned April construction groundbreaking for the project as well as seven job fairs scheduled for Somerville, Everett, Boston, Malden, Medford, Chelsea and Cambridge. Wynn has also immediately freezed hiring for all 4,000 union construction jobs and all operational positions at the resort the company had been beginning to fill.

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