Pa Casino Opening Date
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) – The Borgata casino will reopen on July 26, the last of Atlantic City’s nine gambling resorts to resume operating amid the coronavirus outbreak. The casino will host an invitation-only “soft opening” starting July 23, Borgata officials told The Associated Press on Tuesday and will open its doors to everyone three days later.
Casinos are open — without poker, buffets, or valet parking by Andrew Maykuth, Updated: June 10, 2020 Plexiglas dividers separate video gaming machines at Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh on Monday. A patron should mail the appropriate form to Attn. Player’s Club, Lady Luck Casino, 4067 National Pike, Farmington, PA 15437. If no form used, please make sure to include your complete name and address as it appears on your photo ID and a telephone number where we can reach you if necessary. Casino Pittsburgh is expected to open in 2020. It will have 750 slot machines and 30 table games in a renovated 100,000-square-foot space, according to information presented at Wednesday's. No Reopening Date Yet. The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board did not announce a date on which the state’s brick-and-mortar gambling venues will reopen. And there will not be a universal reopening date for all casinos in the Keystone State, it seems.
The top-performing casino in Atlantic City, the Borgata was the only one that did not to immediately reopen on July 2, the first day New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy allowed casinos to do so.
Three days earlier, the governor changed his mind and canceled permission for restaurants in the state to offer indoor dining, saying that the virus risk is still too great.
That caused casinos to scramble to make other plans, including setting up temporary outdoor quarters and offering grab-and-go bags that customers can eat outside or in their hotel rooms.
But the Borgata decided not to reopen immediately under those conditions. It then set about increasing its outdoor dining options, and finally reached a point where it made sense financially to announce it would reopen.
“Following the Governor’s directive to postpone indoor dining, we took a step back to reassess our reopening date to ensure we could give our guests the world-class experience they expect from us, safely,” Melonie Johnson, the Borgata’s president and chief operating officer, said in a statement.
The casino has outdoor dining options including an outdoor beer garden; an area of food and beer trucks; poolside at The Water Club, an adjacent non-gambling hotel the Borgata owns; and an outdoor dining location for the casino’s top-tier player’s card members. It also will also offer room service.
Murphy ordered Atlantic City’s casinos shut due to the virus on March 16.
They have been permitted to operate at 25% of capacity since July 2. The Borgata says it plans to bring back about 40% of its staff when it reopens.
Copyright 2020 The Associated Press.
This is a list of casinos in Pennsylvania.
List of casinos[edit]
| Casino | Online Casino | City | County | District | Type | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrah's Philadelphia | Caesars Casino | Chester | Delaware | Racino | Formerly Harrah's Chester | |
| Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course | Hollywood Casino | Grantville | Dauphin | Racino | ||
| Lady Luck Casino Nemacolin | Farmington | Fayette | Resort | |||
| Live! Casino Pittsburgh | - | Greensburg | Westmoreland | Mini-casino | Part of the Westmoreland Mall complex | |
| Live! Casino & Hotel Philadelphia | - | Philadelphia | Philadelphia | South | Stand-alone | Opening in 2021.[1][2] |
| The Meadows Racetrack and Casino | - | North Strabane Township | Washington | Racino | ||
| Mohegan Sun Pocono | Unibet Casino | Plains Township | Luzerne | Poconos | Racino | |
| Mount Airy Casino Resort | PokerStars Casino | Mount Pocono | Monroe | Poconos | Stand-alone | |
| Parx Casino and Racing | Parx Online Casino | Bensalem | Bucks | Racino | Formerly Philadelphia Park Racetrack and Casino | |
| Presque Isle Downs & Casino | BetAmerica Casino | Erie | Erie | Racino | ||
| Rivers Casino Philadelphia | SugarHouse Casino and BetRivers Casino | Philadelphia | Philadelphia | Riverfront | Stand-alone | Formerly SugarHouse Casino. SugarHouse online casino is still operating but rebranded as BetRivers.[3] |
| Rivers Casino Pittsburgh | - | Pittsburgh | Allegheny | Chateau | Stand-alone | |
| Valley Forge Casino Resort | FanDuel Casino | King of Prussia | Montgomery | Resort | ||
| Wind Creek Bethlehem | Wind Creek Casino | Bethlehem | Northampton | South Side | Stand-alone | Formerly Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem |
Mini casinos[edit]
In early 2018 auctions began for licenses of Category 4 mini casinos, otherwise known as satellite casinos. Although ten licenses were available, only five were sold. The following mini-casinos are planned or under construction:[4]
- Hollywood Casino Morgantown, Penn National Gaming, Morgantown
- Hollywood Casino York, Penn National Gaming, York
- Parx Casino, near Shippensburg
- Unnamed casino, Ira Lubert, near State College[5]
Never opened[edit]
- Foxwoods Casino Philadelphia, Philadelphia
- Market 8, Philadelphia
- Mount Airy Pittsburgh, Big Beaver[6]
Gallery[edit]
Harrah's Philadelphia
Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course
The Meadows Racetrack and Casino
Mohegan Sun Pocono
Parx Casino
Presque Isle Downs and Casino
Rivers Casino Pittsburgh
Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem (now Wind Creek Bethlehem)
SugarHouse Casino (now Rivers Casino Philadelphia)
See also[edit]
Casino Openings By State
References[edit]
- ^Annys Shin (November 18, 2014). 'Maryland Live! owners win license for Philly casino'. Washington Post. Retrieved 2014-12-20.
- ^Darrow, Chuck (August 28, 2020). 'The Casino File: Live! Philadelphia opening delayed until 2021, but its owner's PA push is underway - plus Bally's news and an Ocean win'. BettorsInsider. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
- ^'Top Online Casinos PA (Real Money)'. Casino Cabbie. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
- ^'Pennsylvania Satellite Auction Winners and Mini Casino Sites'. Play Pennsylvania. July 10, 2019. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
- ^Jon Harris (September 2, 2020). 'A mini-casino near State College?'. The Morning Call. Allentown, PA. Retrieved 2020-11-26.
- ^Daveen Rae Kurutz (November 20, 2019). 'Mount Airy's mini-casino proposal near Ohio border denied by Pa. Gaming Control Board'. The Morning Call. Allentown, PA. Retrieved 2020-11-26.
External links[edit]
- Media related to Casinos in Pennsylvania at Wikimedia Commons
