Developer Bart Blatstein, whose plans for a sprawling
casino complex at Broad and Callowhill Streets was not selected for
Philadelphia's second casino license, will file an appeal of that decision with
the state Supreme Court, a spokesman said Thursday.
The deadline for appealing the decision on the license is
Thursday.
Convinced that a stadium-area casino would draw sports
fans, and certain that casino gamblers want to arrive by car, the Pennsylvania
Gaming Control Board last month awarded the license to Live! Hotel &
Casino, to be built near the South Philadelphia stadium complex. It would be a
joint venture by Cordish Cos. of Baltimore and Greenwood Gaming and
Entertainment, the owner of Parx in Bensalem.
The gaming board found that "the synergy between
gambling and entertainment at a casino [with] the more than 400 stadium-area
events per year" could create a year-round attraction, according to a
filing that explained the board's selection.
The board "was skeptical that public transit would
be utilized to the extent projected by the Center City applicants," which
were Market8 at Eighth and Market Streets and the Provence, Blatstein's
proposal for a multi-faceted casino/hotel at 400 N. Broad St., the former
Inquirer building.
The board feared traffic mayhem in Center City,
particularly at the Provence.
Source: Philly.com
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