I don't personally have much use for a casino, but it will have a hotel attached, which is certainly a useful service. Cleaning up and landscaping the riverfront on the Everett side (to match the work already done in Someville) will be a major benefit.

A casino would be a bad idea in Somerville, but if Everett wants it, I don't see why Somerville should keep trying to stop it. Let's try to make it work well with Assembly Row.

I don't see other developers lining up for the chance to build on that site. I'd rather have a soccer stadium for the Revolution, but that's not likely (and it would definitely need the pedestrian connection to Assembly).