Thursday, April 25, 2013

The Tomato King goes to war for a casino

PHL launched a withering attack on two of its better-known and better-funded rivals for the city's final gaming license - Steve Wynn and Bart Blatstein.
The bombardment came at the meeting of the Pennsylvania Gaming Congress at the Loews Hotel in Center City.
Regarding the $900 million Wynn Philadelphia casino-resort proposed for Fishtown, Robert J. Borghese, PHL vice president of corporate development, asked sarcastically: "In a serious moment, do we as Philadelphians really believe that international high-rollers will be lured to his Fishtown location?
"Do we really believe it won't cannibalize [nearby] SugarHouse? Don't we deserve our own unique, signature, and iconic casino in Philadelphia that doesn't look like casinos in Las Vegas . . . ?"  Read more here…

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