additionally feature a sportsbook<\/a>, casual restaurant and bar, coffee house, and entertainment stage.<\/p>\nPGCB member Denise Smyler asked how the casino, which is attached to a mall, will keep underage shoppers from accessing the 21+ facility.<\/p>\n
“There won’t be an entrance from the mall into the casino,” Penn National Sr. VP of Regional Operations John Finamore answered. “The only way to get into the property is through the porte-cochere entrance. There’s one entry point.”<\/p>\n
Construction is expected to be completed in 12 months. The casino will employ 200 full-time workers.<\/p>\n
Gross gaming revenue on slot machines will be taxed at an effective rate of 54 percent. Thirty-four percent will go to the state’s Property Tax Relief Fund. Table game win will be taxed at 16 percent.<\/p>\n
Satellite Progress<\/b><\/h2>\n
Hollywood Casino York was Penn National’s first successful Category 4 win, but the second to gain formal approval with the state. The company has already received its license for Hollywood Casino Morgantown, and construction is underway.<\/p>\n
Along with Penn’s two satellites, the PGCB has approved Stadium Casino LLC’s satellite in Hempfield. Stadium Casino is still building its $700 million flagship Category 2 full-scale commercial casino in Philadelphia.<\/strong><\/p>\nTwo other satellite auction winners, Mount Airy Casino Resort and Parx Casino, are both still in the development phase for their respective satellites in Beaver County and Shippensburg Township.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hollywood Casino York, Penn National’s $120 million satellite gaming venue at the York Galleria Mall, has been approved by state regulators. On Wednesday, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) heard a final presentation from Penn National Gaming regarding its plans for the Category 4 satellite casino. Penn executives provided further explanation as to how added […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":122548,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,13592],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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