MGM Springfield is set to open on Friday, marking the first time patrons can legally wager on table games such as blackjack and craps within Massachusetts.

Here’s a look inside the casino and resort.

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The lobby is packed with walls of books. Yes, books. Classics, books by local authors, even random school yearbooks. If you graduated from Agawam High School in 1969, your yearbook is here.

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MGM Springfield is full of old furniture and reclaimed pieces of bric-a-brac, many bought at the famous antiques fair in nearby Brimfield.

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With the $2.5 billion Wynn Resorts casino in Everett not scheduled to open until next June, MGM Springfield will have a head start on establishing a customer base in Massachusetts, and provide a first look at the impact of a full-fledged casino on the area.

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The casino is a high-stakes project for the Las Vegas company, which invested some $960 million into a development unlike any it has ever built.

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Cocktail servers at the casino.

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On the casino floor, the Commonwealth Bar, done in dark rich colors, was designed to look like “an old-style haberdashery.” Pictured: A chandelier in the Commonwealth Bar.

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The Commonwealth Bar drink menu will include the $25,000 “Indian sidecar,” which is made with a 117-year-old Croizet cognac, Grand Marnier Quintessence, fresh lemon, and a gold sugar rim. If that price seems steep, it also comes with a new Indian motorcycle shipped to your house.

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Sports memorabilia at TAP Sports Bar in the MGM casino.

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The bowling alley.

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A view of the South End Market at the casino.

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One of the eateries at the casino.

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The Cal Mare restaurant.

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The 250-room hotel occupies five stories above the casino. No two hotel rooms are identical. Guest rooms have a doorbell that also serves to ask for cleaning or no disturbances by showing different colors.

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Some hotel suites have live-edge dining tables made from a tree that had stood on nearby Bliss Street.

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The presidential suite. Rooms combine a lot of dark colors and neutrals, exposed concrete ceilings, brass lamps and Edison bulbs, leather, and natural woods.

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The bathroom in a garden deluxe suite.

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The exterior deck at the garden deluxe suite.

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The bedroom in a garden deluxe suite.

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A golden lion by the parking garage entrance. The casino complex has a dozen entrances, breaking from the traditional casino model that funnels patrons through the gambling floor to reach the hotel and amenities.

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What makes MGM Springfield’s design unusual for the gambling industry is how the development blends into the existing streetscape of the city’s South End.

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The casino used some existing downtown facades with new construction built inside and behind them. It doesn’t try to soar or gleam; it tries to fit in.

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