parx hotel casino coming to south philly

The decision was unanimous, with seven board members voting for the Packer Avenue location at a Pennsylvania Convention Center-situated special meeting Tuesday afternoon. “This was a challenging decision involving four substantial proposals, but in the end we all felt that the Stadium Casino project best fit the intent of the Gaming Act and was best overall for Pennsylvania,” PGCB Chariman William H. Market East Associates’ Market8 Casino at Eighth and Market streets and PHL Local Gaming LLC, which proposed Casino Revolution at 3333 S. Three bids failed, two in Center City and another in South Philly down the street: Bart Blatstein’s Tower Entertainment proposed The Provence at 400 N.

The license comes “under the Pennsylvania Race Horse Development and Gaming Act, which further stipulated that this facility must be located in Philadelphia,” according to a PGCB release. The four Category 2 licenses are running in Bensalem (Parx Casino), King of Prussia (Valley Forge Casino), Chester (Harrah’s) and of course Fishtown (SugarHouse). The license is the 13th with 12 casinos in operation: six Category 1 licenses for horse racetracks, four Category 2 licenses for stand-alone casinos and two Category 3 casinos located in existing resorts in operation.

Parx hotel casino coming to south philly