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For a few years now there has been rumors of someone coming into this area and building a casino. Donald Trump actually flirted with the idea five or six years ago. His plan was to buy out the Holyoke Mall and turn int into a big casino complex. Eventually Springfield became a target of MGM which is a huge company. Springfield has been in need of revitalization for a very long time, it was once a great American city but in the last couple of decades has experience wide scale gang violence, and drug abuse, and especially economic decline. Following the tornadoes of 2011 MGM began negotiating with the state and city government to start a casino project in Springfield. After getting approval from both city and state residents they did finally start breaking ground on the project just last month after the state voted no on question 3. The hope is that this project will revitalize the city, bring jobs to the area, as well as grade A entertainment. And it hopes to revitalize a once vibrant city, with all of these new businesses.