Associated Press - Tue January 07, 2020
Casino Proposes $100M Expansion
LEBANON, Ohio (AP) A harness racing track and casino in Ohio has proposed a $100 million expansion project. Miami Valley Gaming and Racing in southwestern Ohio's Warren County is considering adding a hotel, restaurant, parking garage and additional gambling machines....
Chuck Harvey – CEG Correspondent - Tue August 13, 2019
Tohono O'odham's $400M Casino Takes Shape in Glendale
A new casino is rising from the desert in Glendale, Ariz. The new $400M Desert Diamond West Valley casino is more than twice the size of the original one built at the site, which also includes a resort....
Rivers Casino Pittsburgh - Mon July 15, 2019
Rivers Casino Pittsburgh Greenlights $60M Hotel Project
Rivers Casino Pittsburgh announced June 18 that it will break ground on a $60 million North Shore hotel later this summer. The seven-story, four-star property will be called The Landing Hotel Pittsburgh and will include 219 guest rooms....
Associated Press - Thu May 09, 2019
Martha's Vineyard Gambling Hall Construction to Begin
AQUINNAH, Mass. (AP) A Massachusetts tribe said construction is expected to begin for a gambling hall on the resort island of Martha's Vineyard. The Aquinnah Wampanoags tribe said Williams Building Company of Hyannis has been chosen as general contractor for the project....
Associated Press - Thu July 19, 2018
Wynn Completes $68M Pollution Cleanup at Casino Site
EVERETT, Mass. (AP) Wynn Resorts has removed nearly 1 million tons of contaminated sediment from the former chemical plant site where it's building a $2.5 billion Boston-area casino. The final price tag was about $68 million, or more than double the $30 million previously estimated by the Las Vegas company....
Mon April 23, 2018
Company Describes Plans for Proposed Tangipahoa Casino
The Los Angeles-based company Peninsula Pacific said a new casino it hopes to build in Tangipahoa Parish in Louisiana would have an indoor and outdoor event center, a farmer's market buffet and a potential bass fishing tournament dock....
Katherine Devlin – CEG Editorial Assistant - Fri December 22, 2017
$600M Live! Hotel & Casino Coming to Philadelphia
Construction is scheduled to begin in 2018 on Live! Hotel & Casino Philadelphia, a $600 million hotel, gaming, dining and entertainment destination in South Philadelphia. This project is under the direction of Stadium Casino LLC, a joint venture between The Cordish Companies and Greenwood Racing Inc....
The Associated Press - Fri November 17, 2017
Projected Cost of Delayed Rhode Island Casino Nearly Doubles
TIVERTON, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island casino under construction near the border with Massachusetts is expected to open later than originally planned at a cost nearly twice the initial estimate. The casino in Tiverton is now scheduled to open in Oct....
Thu October 12, 2017
Casino Campaign Picks Old Orchard Beach as Potential Site
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) Officials behind a campaign to bring a new casino to Maine have picked a campground and mobile home park as a potential site. The Portland Press Herald reports Progress for Maine identified the area in Old Orchard Beach in an economic development study released in September....
Regina Garcia Cano - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed September 27, 2017
Long-Mothballed, Unfinished Las Vegas Strip Casino-Hotel Sold for $600M
LAS VEGAS (AP) A long-mothballed, unfinished casino-hotel on the Las Vegas Strip has been sold for $600 million, eight years after construction halted on the 63-story tower amid the recession. A partnership led by New York-based real estate company Witkoff bought the Fontainebleau Las Vegas, a hulking bluish tower that was 70 percent finished when construction stopped and has since served as a training site for firefighters....
