Casino Coming To Shippensburg Pa
Parx Owners Announce Shippensburg Township As Site Of Mini Casino, 2020 Launch In late February, Greenwood Gaming and Entertainment — owner of Parx Casino — won. Parx Casino in Bensalem, outside Philadelphia, has filed an application with the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board to build its midstate mini-casino near Shippensburg. Potential opening date is. This rendering shows the proposed Parx Casino that is to be built in Shippensburg Township. The company is now looking for a new site to open the casino due to allegedly having to refurbish an I-81 overpass in the process.
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- . Location: Situated on about 10 acres off Exit 29 of Interstate 81 at 777 Cramer Road in Shippensburg Township, Cumberland County. Size: The building will be 63,000 square feet.
A new mini-casino could be coming to the small town of Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, which is about halfway between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.
Greenwood Gaming and Entertainment, parent company of Parx Casino and Racing in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, has filed papers with the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board for a license to operate the property in Cumberland County.
The initial plans for the mini-casino include 475 slot machines and tables games, as well as at least one sports bar and restaurant. The state passed a law in 2017 authorizing up to 10 of the smaller gambling facilities, which are permitted to have between 300 and 750 slot machines, and up to 30 table games.
Shippensburg represents the third choice for Parx, which previously attempted to build in Carlisle and South Middleton. To date, five of the ten locations have been chosen, including two by Penn National Gaming in York and Berks County.
Parx expects the new casino to generate $45 million in annual gross gaming revenue, as well as create at least 100 full-time jobs.
Pennsylvania casinos reported gambling win of $3.22 billion in 2017, virtually flat (0.4 percent gain) over 2016. Nationwide gaming win grew 3.4 percent in 2017.
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