The two companies already have a relationship dating back to when Wynn started looking to expand into Massachusetts. Wynn would still need to work out a deal with the Krafts. More recently, the focus has shifted to Everett - and in particular to the land across from Route 99 from the four-year-old casino. The Krafts got close with the former Bayside Expo site, owned by UMass, but that idea was dropped in 2017 amid political pushback and traffic concerns. Many sites have been pitched over the years, from the old Wonderland dog track in Revere to the industrial Inner Belt area in Somerville to the City of Boston’s public works yard next to the Southeast Expressway. They’ve been on a long quest to find a suitable spot in or near Boston to build a stadium more similar in size to those used by other pro soccer teams, with 20,000 to 30,000 seats, and custom-designed for the game’s sightlines. – COURTESY OF CBREīut the Krafts have made no secret about their desire to find a standalone home for their soccer team, which currently shares Gillette Stadium in Foxborough with the New England Patriots. Wynn Resorts won the auction for a big section of the Mystic Generating Station on the banks of the Mystic River in Everett, across the street from the company’s Encore Boston Harbor casino. The Kraft Group, meanwhile, continued its silence, declining to comment about potential interest in the property.
Wynn spokesman Michael Weaver issued an open-ended statement as well, saying: “Our goal for the purchase is to ensure that future development in the area is synergistic with our existing investment at Encore Boston Harbor, our planned development on Lower Broadway and the broad planning of the Lower Broadway District by the City of Everett.”
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