We had as close as possible to a normal summer.

The first big moment, when it felt that we were going to be on our way back, would have been when the mask mandate was lifted (on May 29). We had a lot of operational impacts due to Covid-we were open 12 hours a day, then we were back to 24 hours with capacity restrictions, etc. Jenny Holaday: It really was a phased approach. When did that happen, and what conditions had to be in place first? Jenny Holaday, who recently succeeded Brian Gullbrants as the property’s president, talked with GGB News about the resort’s growing pains amid the pandemic, and her plans going forward. Instead, it celebrated the end of a statewide mask mandate and the beginning of a wide, slow return to near-normal.īy September 1, the opulent, multibillion-dollar resort on the Mystic River was pretty much back in business, with its hotel, casino, restaurants and other amenities up and running. On June 23, Encore Boston Harbor should have celebrated its second anniversary in business.