“We think it’s the first of its kind - a truly inside-out integrated casino resort in a downtown environment,” said Michael Mathis, president of MGM Springfield, in a Globe interview. MGM says the Springfield resort - the presumed winner of the Western Massachusetts casino license, the last competitor standing - will be different. I don’t think it’s been an adrenaline shot to that area.” “They go to a casino, they gamble, and they leave. “People who go there don’t want to stay downtown,” Silver said.