At the time, MGM said it envisioned Mathis “leading the pre-opening effort and eventual operation of the facility.” Mathis began working for MGM in 2011 and was vice president of global gaming development for MGM Hospitality, a division of MGM Resorts, when he was tapped in January 2014 to lead MGM’s Springfield project.

He’s been reassigned to serve as MGM Resorts’ senior vice president of business development. Now the company is thanking Mathis for his work, and sending him to a job back in Las Vegas. Mike Mathis worked on the MGM Springfield project through local and state approval, ballot campaigns, construction, opening and - this past year and a half - operation. Looking forward to some free food next time I come up, thanks for the heads up.The leader of MGM Springfield is out, less than a week after the casino posted its worst revenue numbers since opening.

Wow, I've played here 4 or 5 times and didn't realize that. I kept my eye on the 2/2 PLO interest list but when I was thinking of leaving around 11pm I asked and the floor said they werent sure if it would go off or not even though there were 9 people on the list, so I called it a night. Casino was packed on Saturday night, but the poker list never seemed to have gotten super long. Stayed at the hotel, rooms were pretty nice other than not liking the pillows. Was able to load all my $ I earned and got myself a late lunch before heading home today. I was expecting it to just show up as MGM rewards on the card but apparently you need to have them load it onto the card, as well as tell them where you want to eat. I didnt realize the room had comps of $2/hr until I heard someone ask the floorman to load some $ on their card for food. They had a list for 2/5 but it didnt get going until a bit after they opened, so I ended up just staying in the 1/2 game stuck at that point and wanted to win my $ back. The dealers were friendly, action was decent especially in the 2/5 game, less-so the 1/2 Sunday morning crowd, lots of $2 calls pre-flop. Played here about 7 hours yesterday (2 hrs at 1/2, 5 hr at 2/5), and 4 hours today (1/2).

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