{"id":91084,"date":"2018-10-23T12:00:12","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T19:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=91084"},"modified":"2018-10-23T14:50:37","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T21:50:37","slug":"pennsylvanias-600-million-stadium-casino-project-mysteriously-dumped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pennsylvanias-600-million-stadium-casino-project-mysteriously-dumped\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania\u2019s $600 Million Stadium Casino Project Mysteriously Dumped, Multiple Sources Claim"},"content":{"rendered":"

The long-planned Stadium Casino development in Philadelphia is suddenly a no-goer, according to multiple sources this week, who claim the project\u2019s backers will soon ask the state gaming commission for permission to sell their licenses.<\/p>\n

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An artist’s rendering of the proposed Stadium Casino. Despite overcoming legal hurdles that delayed it four years, the project, formerly Philly Live!, has been abandoned, according to \u201creliable sources.\u201d (Image: Stadium Casino LLC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Roger Gros\u00a0of\u00a0Global Gaming Business\u00a0<\/strong>was the first to Tweet rumors of the apparent termination of the project that would have been state\u2019s 13th<\/sup> casino and was formerly known as PhillyLive!<\/p>\n

“Sources are telling us that the Philly Live! casino project is dead in the water,\u201d wrote Gros. \u201cThe two owners, Cordish and Parx, will ask permission from the PA gaming board to sell the license. No confirmation yet, but very reliable source.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A joint venture between Maryland-based Cordish Companies<\/a> and Greenwood Racing, which owns Parx Casino in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, Stadium Casino was to be a $600 million property in South Philadelphia\u2019s stadium district.<\/p>\n

Legal Challenge <\/strong><\/h2>\n

The casino was expected to open in 2020 with 2,000 slots, 125 table games and 240 hotel rooms. It would have been integrated with the adjacent Xfinity Live! dining and entertainment area, which is also owned by Cordish.<\/p>\n

In January, the project received permission to break ground, after years of legal wrangles.<\/p>\n

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In 2014, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board selected the two companies — known collectively as Stadium Casino LLC (SC) — to build Philadelphia’s second casino. But a losing bidder, Market East Associates, and the SugarHouse casino, Philadelphia’s first casino, appealed the ruling on the grounds that a 2004 law prevented casino owners from having a stake in more than one casino.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Greenwood Racing was 50\/50 in the venture with Cordish, but its ownership of Parx appeared to preclude it from the Stadium Casino project — until last year when the state scrapped the law as part of a wide-ranging package of gambling reforms.<\/p>\n

Licenses Worth $100 Million \u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

If the sources are correct, it\u2019s unclear why the SC would bail on the project now. It has forked out millions for licensing in the past year — some $50 million for a Category 2 gaming license and $10 million\u00a0for an online gaming license.<\/p>\n

Moreover, the development is in the perfect situation to capitalize on Pennsylvania\u2019s impending new sports betting market — a stone\u2019s throw from the stadiums of all the Philadelphia pro sports teams.<\/p>\n

SC spent a further $40.1 million on a Category 4 gaming license when it won the right to build one of the Pennsylvania\u2019s \u201csatellite\u201d mini-casinos, which it planned for the Westmoreland Mall in Greensburg<\/a>. It is unclear whether this license will also have to be sold.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The long-planned Stadium Casino development in Philadelphia is suddenly a no-goer, according to multiple sources this week, who claim the project\u2019s backers will soon ask the state gaming commission for permission to sell their licenses. 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