The ball club’s five-year deal with Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Conn., expired at the end of 2018.
In addition, the club’s annual Winter Weekend will head west to Springfield, to be held next January and subsequent Januarys at the MGM Springfield casino, which opened last year. The press release also mentioned that “VIP gameday hospitality” will be occurring at Fenway Park and that MGM Resorts shall now be known as the “official and exclusive resort casino of the Boston Red Sox.” (Staff Photo By Christopher Evans/Boston Herald)
– AUGUST 23: The MGM Springfield casino on August 23, 2018, in Springfield, Massachusetts. Other signage, including behind home plate, will be prominent and the MGM Resorts’ brand will be featured, according to a press release, on “Red Sox radio and other team controlled media outlets,” which likely means the NESN TV network. Signs of the new deal will be impossible to miss for Red Sox fans this season, with the global entertainment, gaming and hotel company’s roaring lion’s head logo appearing on Fenway Park’s Green Monster. The Red Sox announced a brand-new casino partnership on Friday, entering a multi-year agreement with MGM Resorts International.
