High-rolling casino developers, intent on protecting their Bay State investments, are planning to throw their weight behind a new political committee aimed at fighting the anti-casino ballot question, adding to the potential for a fundraising arms race toward the November vote.
"We are definitely part of trying to send a message of all the positive the legislation brings and we'll be active in that. I'm sure we'll be active and involved in strategy," said Mitchell Etess, chief executive officer of Mohegan Sun, which with Penn National Gaming and MGM Resorts, will help fund and support the newly created Committee to Preserve Jobs Associated with Casino Gaming Law, according to people with knowledge of its efforts.
"We'll obviously form a budget and there will be a campaign. As far as the extent of the budget ... we want to get a positive message out there and it's whatever it takes for that," Etess said.
Penn National won the right to build a slots parlor in Plainville, and MGM won the Springfield casino license. Mohegan Sun, which wants to build a casino in Revere, is competing with Wynn Resorts' Everett proposal for the sole Boston area license. A Wynn spokesman could not be reached yesterday.
"We look forward to a statewide education campaign to share with Massachusetts voters the benefits of the proposed resort casinos including more than 10,000 good-paying construction and permanent jobs with benefits and hundreds of millions in revenue annually to our cities and town," read a statement released by attorney Thomas R. Kiley, the committee's chairman.
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