The vast majority of the space in the building will be hotel rooms. There are 600 rooms, and they will be among the nicest hotel rooms in metro Boston, and I believe they are the largest by far. With the footbridge, those people will be coming in to Assembly Square to take the T and they will be going to Assembly Square businesses.

Last I saw, it will also have at least eight restaurants, likely several bars, a spa, shops, meeting and convention space, and wedding venues. Then, of course, they will clean up the site and create a nice park along the river. There's a lot more to it than gambling.

It's really unfortunate that the mayor isn't trying to make the best of the situation.