It’s a winning combination, and commitment to our area, that MGM Springfield President Chris Kelley is proud of. There’s also, of course, plenty of gaming areas, a hotel, movie theater, several other restaurants, shops, and more. MGM made a point to incorporate them into its 14-acre property, including a portion of the old state armor and the façade of the Chandler Hotel, the name of which also graces the Chandler Steakhouse. That attachment includes many historical elements unique to Springfield. It’s different this time because there is such a strong culture and this building has an aesthetic attachment to the history of this town,” Quaglieri added. I opened two other properties in Las Vegas. I was telling a friend of mine from Las Vegas who came over for the opening VIP party. “The first day of opening, that was, I can’t even explain how that feels like. She’s now supervising a team of engineers who’ve been keeping the property, both inside and out, running smoothly since day one. It was a roll of the dice, so to speak, for Quaglieri and it was one she’s happy she made. That was a tough decision, but I was prodded in my heart that it was the right decision for me to make and I knew was,” Quaglieri said.

I visited for three days and I told my daughter ‘I have to move you out of your middle school’. “It was really a leap of faith to come here.

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