disturbance was the first time the casino's security team became aware of the situation that the front desk dealt with.Īn investigation into the situation led to a notice of non-compliance with required changes to Encore last week, Wells said. That's when more than 110 people, most of them not wearing a mask or facecovering, were kicked out of the suite, Wells said. There was a reported disturbance at about 3 a.m., Wells said, which got Encore security and the Massachusetts State Police Gaming Enforcement Unit to respond. At that time, Wells said, 36 people left the suite. At 12:30 a.m., the front desk called the suite to notify the guests of the occupancy limit and to give them 15 minutes to clear out the suite. The butler told the desk "to clear up the party for violating the maximum hotel occupancy," Wells said. Police intervened after a large party was held in a private suite at Encore Boston Harbor in Everett.Ībout 15 minutes later, a hotel butler told the front desk that he had just delivered something to the suite and saw more than 30 people inside. By midnight, hotel management had received a call from a person who said they saw a post on Instagram that showed more than 100 people in an Encore Boston Harbor suite, she said. 16 and another person began "frequently" escorting small groups of people from the lobby up to the suite beginning at around 6:30 p.m. Interim Executive Director Karen Wells said a man who booked the suite on Aug.
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She added, "To put it plainly, the stakes are too high for anything but full compliance with those safety standards." Commissioners did not take action against Encore on Thursday, but regulatory staff explained the timeline of the well-publicized incident and the steps that the commission and casino have taken since then. It's imperative that we take all necessary steps to enforce social distancing and all other COVID-19-related measures as outlined in the reopening safety guidelines approved by the Gaming Commission," Chairwoman Cathy Judd-Stein said.
"In light of recent events at Encore Boston Harbor, I wish to remind all that the MGC's jurisdiction and regulatory responsibilities extend to the entire gaming establishment, beyond the gaming floor. Encore is now enforcing its own limit on gathering limits for guests in its hotel - no more than four people to a hotel room and no more than 10 people allowed in a suite - by making violators subject to a fine in the range of $3,000, commission officials said.
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