PA's Slot Machine License Contenders

Appeals not withstanding, these are the breakdowns of who is going where, and what they had to offer in their application for stand alone slot machine licenses.

In Pittsburgh, the slot machine license winner is the Majestic Star Casino. They are planning on opening the slot machine casino in March 2008 on Pittsburgh’s North Shore. The sole investor in the slot machine casino, as far as paper goes, is Don H. Barden. Barden is a slot machine casino developer out of Detroit, and this would be one of five casinos for the group.

In Bethlehem, the slot machine license will go to Sands Bethworks Casino. They are opening in mid-2008 with 3,000 slot machines on the old Bethlehem Steel Corp. site. The slot machine casinos’ biggest investor is Las Vegas Sands Corp, which is run by Sheldon Adelson. The slot machine giant owns casinos in Macau, Singapore, and Las Vegas.

The Pocono Mountains’ slot machine license will go to Mount Airy Resort & Casino. They will open with 2,500 slot machines in late 2007 at the former Mount Airy Lodge in Mount Pocono. Sole investor of the slot machine casino is Louis DeNaples, who is one of the state’s wealthiest businessmen.

Two slot machine licenses have been awarded in Philadelphia. The slot machine licenses will go to Foxwoods Casino Philadelphia and SugarHouse Casino. Foxwoods will open with 3,000 slot machines in late 2008 on the Delaware River. The slot machine casino’s biggest investor is the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation who runs the Foxwoods Casino Resort in Connecticut. SugarHouse Casino will open with 1,500 slot machines in April 2008, increasing to 3,000 slot machines by November 2008. Biggest investor in the slot machine casino is Neil Bluhm, a Chicago Based developer who owns and runs Casino Niagara in Canada.

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