Drawing from city`s proud past, can casino spur revival?
(World News USA)

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) - Standing on Springfield`s Main Street, the nearly $1 billion resort casino meant to spark a downtown renaissance doesn`t immediately scream Las Vegas glitz. There`s no neon-lit billboard, no soaring tower of glass and steel. Instead, two modest signs bearing the MGM initials are set against a backdrop of low-slung brick and stone facades meant to blend with - not dominate - the historic streetscape of this storied but struggling New England city. `That`s the thing we`re most proud of,` said company president Bill Hornbuckle before casino officials gave The Associated Press an inside look at the property last week as it nears completion. `We didn`t just put a big,...