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So Station Casinos<\/strong> is kicking the tires<\/a> of dog-racing tracks in Massachusetts<\/strong> (as is Boyd Gaming<\/strong>)? Greyhound races will soon — but not soon enough — be illegal in Massachusetts, although the Bay State Lege just gave them a two-year reprieve. So it's a life-or-death priority for those tracks that lawmakers baptize some racinos in Massachusetts, stat.<\/p>\n Boyd, at least, has access to the requisite financing. But what's Station doing poking around the Eastern Seaboard? There are two ways of looking at it. One<\/em>: How can Station justify spending money in Massachusetts when it can't afford to make its existing creditors whole? Or<\/em>: Station's Vegas-centric business model has contributed to the deep hole in which the company finds itself and any<\/em> geographic diversification is welcome.<\/p>\n That's not to imply<\/strong> that one perspective cancels out the other, especially when Station needs every revenue stream it can tap …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" So Station Casinos is kicking the tires of dog-racing tracks in Massachusetts (as is Boyd Gaming)? Greyhound races will soon — but not soon enough — be illegal in Massachusetts, although the Bay State Lege just gave them a two-year … Continue reading