Tag Archives: Philadelphia
US – Philadelphia Council approves zoning for Stadium Casino
The Philadelphia City Council Rules Committee has unanimously endorsed the zoning for Stadium Casino, LLC’s new destination hotel casino resort in Philadelphia’s Stadium District. The Project, which was awarded the last casino license in the Commonwealth by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board in late 2014, is being developed in partnership between The Cordish Companies and…
US – Greenwood and Cordish get green light for Philadelphia Live!
Live! Hotel and Casino, the stadium casino proposed for Philadelphia by Greenwood Racing, who operates Bensalem’s Parx Casino, and Baltimore-based Cordish Company, who operates Maryland Live!, has been given the green light. The Philadelphia Planning Commission has now formally approved the proposed master project plan for the Stadium Casino facility. The world-class resort project, to…
US – Sugarhouse expansion to add 44 tables and 289 slots
SugarHouse Casino is edging closer to completing a $164m expansion on its Delaware Avenue property. To commemorate this milestone, casino executives hosted a “Topping-Off Ceremony” to celebrate the placement of the final beam of the expansion atop the new structure. Scheduled to open by year-end 2015, the expansion will bring 500 new, full-time jobs, a…
US – Philadelphia to award second licence
The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board is to hold a public meeting on November 18 to award a license for Philadelphia’s second casino. Locals believe Philadelphia’s second license will be issued to one of four applicants, all of whom submitted their plans two years ago. Several observers close to the process believe the license would be awarded to Live!…
