Casinos

Mon April 23, 2018

Company Describes Plans for Proposed Tangipahoa Casino

The Los Angeles-based company Peninsula Pacific said a new casino it hopes to build in Tangipahoa Parish in Louisiana would have an indoor and outdoor event center, a farmer's market buffet and a potential bass fishing tournament dock....

Katherine Devlin – CEG Editorial Assistant - Fri December 22, 2017

$600M Live! Hotel & Casino Coming to Philadelphia

Construction is scheduled to begin in 2018 on Live! Hotel & Casino Philadelphia, a $600 million hotel, gaming, dining and entertainment destination in South Philadelphia. This project is under the direction of Stadium Casino LLC, a joint venture between The Cordish Companies and Greenwood Racing Inc....

The Associated Press - Fri November 17, 2017

Projected Cost of Delayed Rhode Island Casino Nearly Doubles

TIVERTON, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island casino under construction near the border with Massachusetts is expected to open later than originally planned at a cost nearly twice the initial estimate. The casino in Tiverton is now scheduled to open in Oct....

Thu October 12, 2017

Casino Campaign Picks Old Orchard Beach as Potential Site

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) Officials behind a campaign to bring a new casino to Maine have picked a campground and mobile home park as a potential site. The Portland Press Herald reports Progress for Maine identified the area in Old Orchard Beach in an economic development study released in September....

Regina Garcia Cano - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed September 27, 2017

Long-Mothballed, Unfinished Las Vegas Strip Casino-Hotel Sold for $600M

LAS VEGAS (AP) A long-mothballed, unfinished casino-hotel on the Las Vegas Strip has been sold for $600 million, eight years after construction halted on the 63-story tower amid the recession. A partnership led by New York-based real estate company Witkoff bought the Fontainebleau Las Vegas, a hulking bluish tower that was 70 percent finished when construction stopped and has since served as a training site for firefighters....

Emily Buenzle - Tue September 19, 2017

Connecticut Sees Plans for $600M Casino

MGM announced Sept. 18 its plans for a new $600 million casino in Bridgeport, Conn. The project will create 7,000 jobs and will be open for business 30 months after groundbreaking, Mass-Live reported....

Emily Buenzle - Thu September 14, 2017

Tulalip Tribe's $100M Casino May Help Bolster Construction Training

The Tulalip Tribes will begin construction this September on a $100 million project to replace the Quil Ceda Creek Casino in Marysville, Wash. The new 110,000-sq.-ft. building, which will sit across the street from the existing casino, will include new dining and entertainment spaces, a gaming floor, a 1,200-stall garage and a new smoke filtration system, HeraldNet reported....

Wed January 25, 2017

“A Catskills Destination Reborn” as Montreign Casino Construction Continues

Empire Resorts, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary Montreign Operating Company, LLC (together with Empire and its other subsidiaries, the "Company") the new marketing campaign, "A Catskills Destination Reborn" for the Montreign Resort Casino ("Montreign")....