Friday, May 6, 2016

SugarHouse completes $164M expansion project



Nearly two years and $164 million later, SugarHouse Casino's renovation and expansion project is complete.

Casino officials will be joined Monday by State Senator Larry Farnese, City Councilman Mark Squilla; City Council President Darrell Clarke and Congressman Bob Brady for a ribbon cutting ceremony at the Delaware Avenue destination.


During the ceremony, SugarHouse officials will also give details on its just announced restaurant Revolution Grill, which on the casino's website reads will be "serving up fresh ingredients, delightful flavors and and unique combinations of your everyday favorites."

The expansion project brought several other new restaurants to Fishtown. Local favorites Geno's Steaks, Tacconelli's Pizzeria and Saxbys Coffee now have spaces in the casino and a high-end steakhouse, Hugo's Frog Bar and Chop House, will has its first and only Philadelphia location at SugarHouse. And the Poker Night in America room has also been added.

An Asian-fare concept will also debut later this year. The cigar bar is also slated to open, but its opening date is yet to be determined.

Construction also included building a parking garage and increasing the casino size by more than 150,000 square feet.

Casino officials previously estimated that once complete, the expansion will generate about 500 new jobs and will result in $1 million to the Penn Treaty Special Services District for economic development in Fishtown and surrounding neighborhoods.

The casino broke ground on the expansion last July.

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