Deval Patrick signs “An Act Establishing Expanded Gaming in the Commonwealth,” allowing for up to three destination resort casinos located in three geographically diverse regions across the state, as well as one slots-only facility.

$1.5 million: The total amount MGM has agreed to pay those eight communities annually once the casino opens.Original designs called for a 25-story large glass-façade hotel they were changed in late 2015 to include a five-story hotel along Main Street.

$2 million: The total upfront amount MGM has agreed to pay eight surrounding communities.

$25 million: The annual amount MGM has agreed to pay Springfield once the casino opens.

$15 million: The lump-sum amount MGM has agreed to pay Springfield before the project begins.

$50 million: The amount MGM has pledged to buy in goods and services from local companies each year.

3,600: The number of proposed parking spaces in a casino parking garage which will be free to the public.

45,000 square feet: The total estimated meeting and convention space.

55,000 square feet: The total estimated retail and restaurant space.

54: The number of estimated market-rate apartments to be developed directly through the project.

250: The number of rooms in a proposed hotel housed in a sleek, 25-story building with its grand entrance on State Street.

75: The number of proposed gaming tables and poker and high-limit gambling rooms in the gaming portion of the resort.

3,000: The number of proposed slot machines in the gaming portion of the resort.

90 percent: The number of local employees (a combination of Springfield and regional residents) the resort is slated to employ.

2,000-plus: The number of construction jobs anticipated by MGM, in addition to 'thousands of indirect jobs' due to the massive construction project.

The company says 80 percent of these jobs will be unionized positions. Of these, at least 2,200 are slated to be full-time equivalent positions with average salary ranging from $40,000-$55,000 including the cost of benefits.

3,000-plus: The number of 'permanent direct jobs' anticipated by MGM.

850,000 square feet: The overall size of the resort casino complex, including dining, entertainment, residential and retail space.

14.5 acres: The entire gambling, entertainment and retail complex would be contained to an area between Main Street and East Columbus Avenue from east to west, and from State Street to Union Street from north to south, which is equivalent to about nine football fields.

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