Stadium Casino is also building a casino in Philadelphia. "We are thrilled on behalf of Stadium Casino LLC to have been awarded a new gaming license in western Pennsylvania in the greater Pittsburgh area and look forward to delivering a world-class gaming and entertainment venue,” company spokesperson Carmen Gonzales said in a statement. The company has six months to submit an application to the gaming control board detailing its plans. Nine of the 65 municipalities within the county have opted out of hosting the casino. Stadium Casino can build the facility within a 15-mile radius of a point identified in its bid, located in Derry Township. “You’re going to be able to come and play some slots and also do some other things in the community. “This is going to be huge for tourism,” Cerilli said. Plus, she said, the casino will draw more people to the area to make use of the Arnold Palmer Regional Airport and visit the Laurel Highlands. “It’s time that Westmoreland County has a piece of the pie as well.”Ĭounties with a casino receive a small percentage of the business’s proceeds, which Cerilli estimates will mean hundreds of thousands of dollars in annual revenue for Westmoreland County. “It’s surrounding us,” Commissioner Gina Cerilli said. The chair of the Westmoreland County Commission welcomed the outcome, noting that neighboring Allegheny, Washington, and Fayette counties all reap benefits from their casinos. Most casinos in Pennsylvania have around 3,000 slots. These are facilities with fewer than 750 slot machines.
The auction was the second in a series of 10 that will take place this year after the Pennsylvania Legislature, in 2017, authorized the licenses for small casinos. Its bid of $40.1 million won the company a license to construct a casino with up to 750 slot machines. Stadium Casino, a firm with commercial developments across the country, placed the winning bid Wednesday in a state gaming control board auction to build a “mini-casino” in Westmoreland County. Southwestern Pennsylvania will soon have another casino.
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