PA Gaming Commission OKs new mini casino. Here's where Parx will open later this year

Bucks County Courier Times

January 20, 2022 at 7:28 AM·2 min read

Gaming in Pennsylvania is expanding again, and the newest addition could be up and running by the end of 2022.

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board voted unanimously Wednesday to award a license to GW Cumberland Op. Co. to construct a mini casino in Shippensburg, Cumberland County.

GW Cumberland is part of Greenwood Gaming & Entertainment, Inc., the owner and operator of Parx Casino in Bensalem, Bucks County, the state's largest casino.

The Shippensburg mini casino has been four years in the making. In 2018, Greenwood secured the right to locate a casino with a winning bid of $8.1 million for the fourth of five mini casino licenses.

Parx Casino in Bensalem, has reopened to patrons, Monday, Jan. 4, 2021.

In 2019, the business identified the location in Cumberland County, home to one of Pennsylvania's state universities, Shippensburg University. The new gaming hall will be built in a former Lowe’s Home Supply store in the Shippen Town Center.

Parx Casino Shippensburg will occupy a 73,000-square-foot facility and include 500 slot machines; electronic tables games and a a restaurant and sports bar facility, according to its application.

Officials expect it to open in late 2022 and employ some 125 full-time workers.

The casino also plans to offer sports wagering in the future, according to the gaming commission.

Last month, the state gaming commission said total gaming and fantasy contests revenue generated a record $432,493,349 in November 2021, up 52% compared to revenue generated in November 2020.

Sources of gaming revenue include slot machines, table games, internet gaming, retail and internet sports wagering, fantasy contests and video gaming terminals.

Parx Casino on Street Road just outside of Philadelphia generated more than $56 million in November. The newest casino in the state, Hollywood Casino York, garnered some $7.1 million. It opened in a former Sears store in August.

More: Hollywood Casino York opens, breathing new life into former Sears store at York Galleria

This article originally appeared on Bucks County Courier Times: PA OKs Parx plan to open mini casino in Shippensburg in 2022

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