In the US, Penn National Gaming has secured licensing approval from the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board and will soon begin construction on the Hollywood Casino Morgantown.
The approval concludes a process the board began last year when Penn secured a 15-mile radius area in which it could locate a casino with a winning bid of $7.5m. The firm filed an application with the board to locate the facility just off the Morgantown exit of the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Berks County.
The development of Hollywood Casino Morgantown represents an overall investment of approximately $111m, inclusive of licence fees for the property’s slot machines and table games. The approximately 80,000sq.ft facility will feature 750 slot machines and 30 table games, with the ability to accommodate an additional 10 table games.
The facility is expected to generate approximately 250 new local jobs and more than 275 construction jobs. The construction timeline is anticipated to be about 18 months.
