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Winchester seeks casino-authorized convention and entertainment center to shore up city finances

5969431 · October 20, 2025
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Winchester officials told the subcommittee they have done multi-stakeholder research and economic modeling and are requesting consideration for a casino-authorized convention and entertainment center to diversify municipal revenues and create thousands of jobs.

Winchester city officials and economic-development leaders asked the Joint Subcommittee on Gaming to consider the city as an eligible locality for a future casino-authorized convention and entertainment center, presenting feasibility work, stakeholder engagement and projected economic impacts.

Addie Lingel, chair of the Winchester Economic Development Authority, summarized a multi-session stakeholder process and two commissioned feasibility studies. She said public engagement moved many initially skeptical participants to…

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