Massachusetts’ first casino set to open on June 24

Plainridge Park Casino, the first licensed gaming facility in Massachusetts, is scheduled to open doors for visitors on June 24.

Penn National Gaming executives gave a tour around Plainridge on Friday. The $250 million casino is built on the site of the Plainridge Racecourse, which will continue offering harness horse racing and wagering. Although there are gaming machines yet to be installed and certain other finishing touches to be put, Mike Thoma, VP of Operations, and Lance George, General Manager of the facility, promised that it will be fully functional on the scheduled opening 24 hours a day.

“It’s pretty exciting,” said Thoma. “Everybody’s looking forward to getting to the endgame here.”

Besides the 28 electronic table games, the Plainridge casino will also feature 1,250 slot machines, as well as video casino games such as poker, blackjack, and baccarat.