Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New York accounted for over $200M of that amount while $71M went outside of the country. Nearly 60 percent of Massachusetts’ share ($662M or 40 percent of the total) remained in Middlesex and Suffolk Counties. Where were the construction dollars spent? EPPR's work is part of the Social and Economic Impacts of Gaming in Massachusetts project led by the UMass Amherst School of Public Health and Health Sciences. The analysis was led by Senior Research Manager Rod Motamedi.
The Economic & Public Policy Research (EPPR) group analyzed the direct and indirect economic impacts of the Encore Boston Harbor casino complex.
