Mohegan Sun ready to acquire Wynn’s Boston casino project

The operators of Connecticut’s Mohegan Sun casino want Massachusetts gaming regulators to know they have options if Wynn Resorts is deemed unsuitable to operate its Encore Boston Harbor project.

On Friday, the operators of Mohegan Sun issued a statement saying that the company was ready to “enter into negotiations with the appropriate parties to acquire the facility under construction in Everett” should Massachusetts regulators conclude that Wynn is unfit to operate gaming in the state.

Wynn’s ability to maintain control over its $2.5b in-development Encore property hinges on the findings of a Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) report into whether Wynn execs failed to alert the state regarding multiple sexual harassment allegations involving the company’s founder and former CEO Steve Wynn.

The report was scheduled to be released in December but Steve won a temporary injunction blocking its release on the grounds that it contains information he shared with his former company that he claims is protected by attorney-client privilege. A Nevada court will consider Steve’s claims at a hearing on December 12.