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Parx Plans Mini-Casino Opening This Month, With Hoopla Feb. 3

Parx Casino has scheduled Feb. 3 as the official opening of its new mini-casino in Shippensburg, with a soft opening days in advance of that to admit the first guests to gamble, eat, and drink. The Parx website has begun advertising that first Friday in February as the date for the celebratory opening. PennLive.com reported that the venue in…

Sports ・ 06 December 2023

WDTV

New details released in WVSP Casino Case

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WDTV/ WSAZ) - Colonel Jack Chambers -- making his first public appearance Wednesday as interim superintendent of West Virginia State Police -- became emotional about past experience that's led him to the new job ahead. "Twenty-six years been at every rank," Chambers told reporters Wednesday. The appointment was announced Monday…

Incidents ・ 23 March 2023

WSAZ

New Details In WVSP Casino Case

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - Colonel Jack Chambers -- making his first public appearance Wednesday as interim superintendent of West Virginia State Police -- became emotional about past experience that's led him to the new job ahead. "Twenty-six years been at every rank," Chambers told reporters Wednesday. The appointment was announced Monday by West…

Incidents ・ 23 March 2023

Bristol Herald Courier

Six weeks in, Virginia's first casino has exceeded expectations

BRISTOL, Va. - Citizens of Alaska, where are you? The Bristol Casino, future home of Hard Rock, celebrated six weeks of operation Friday and during that time has documented guests from 49 states. Alaska is the lone holdout. Virginia's first casino has attracted thousands of visitors to the former Bristol Mall and operators admit the response has…

Finance ・ 08 December 2022

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The Washington Post

Coal jobs are almost gone. Could a casino help rescue southwest Virginia?

BRISTOL, Va. - Sonya Ratliff and about a dozen friends put on sparkly clothes and left early on a Tuesday morning to celebrate another mom's birthday. In years past, that might have meant brunch. Now, in this Bible Belt town on the edge of the Appalachian Mountains, it means slot machines, blackjack and other games of chance at the newly opened…

Jobs ・ 03 November 2022

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Virginia: Hard Rock's temporary Bristol Casino an early success with thousands of visitors in first few weeks

A month and a half after its opening, the Bristol Casino, future home of Hard Rock, has proven to be an early success. Virginia's first casino, which celebrated its first six weeks of operation Friday, has thus far exceeded expectations, drawing thousands of visitors to the former Bristol Mall and documenting guests from 49 states, with Alaska as…

Lottery ・ 24 August 2022

The Sports Geek

Interim Hard Rock Casino in Bristol Made $11.7 M Last Month

The Bristol Casino owned by Hard Rock generated nearly $12 million in revenues from slot machines and table games during its first month of operation. Known as Bristol Casino: Future Home of Hard Rock, opened last July 8th at the site of the former Bristol Mall located seconds off Interstate 81 (Exit 1 in VA). In its casino activity report released…

Lottery ・ 17 August 2022

The Center Square

Virginia’s first full-service casino opens in Bristol

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Parx gets Pennsylvania's license for a new mini-casino in Shippensburg

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) voted unanimously on Wednesday to award a new license to the parent company of Parx Casino, which could open a new gaming hall by November this year. The license was granted to GW Cumberland Op. Co., (Greenwood Gaming & Entertainment, Inc, operator of Parx Casino) to construct a Category 4 casino in…

Law ・ 09 April 2022

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Gaming Control Board gives green-light to mini-casino in Shippensburg

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board Wednesday voted unanimously to award a license to GW Cumberland Op. Co., (Greenwood Gaming & Entertainment Inc., operator of Parx Casino) to construct a Category 4 casino in Shippensburg Township, Cumberland County. The casino will be located in the former Lowe's building on South Conestoga Drive. While many…

Law ・ 27 January 2022

The Sentinel

Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board awards license for casino in Shippensburg

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board Wednesday voted unanimously to award a license to GW Cumberland Op. Co. (Greenwood Gaming & Entertainment Inc., operator of Parx Casino) to construct a category 4 casino in Shippensburg Township. The award concludes a process the board began on Feb. 22, 2018, when Greenwood secure the right to locate a casino…

Law ・ 19 January 2022

The Sentinel

Shippensburg residents debate risks of casino against financial windfall at Parx hearing

Thursday's public hearing on a potential satellite casino in Shippensburg Township was as much about the township's past and future economic trajectory as it was about the casino itself. The hearing by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board regarding Parx Casino's application to site a branch facility in the township brought out dozens of residents…

Religion ・ 23 May 2021

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Proposed Shippensburg casino sparks spirited debate

SHIPPENSBURG - Opponents had their say Thursday at a public hearing for a proposed 73000-square-foot Parx casino and restaurant planned for the empty Lowe's store in Shippensburg Township. One by one, residents - mostly from neighboring municipalities - argued to Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board members that the proposed casino will, in the long…

Religion ・ 21 May 2021

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Centre County Mini-Casino Aims For $100 Million-Plus In Annual Revenue

Developers of the Centre County mini-casino planned at Nittany Mall are counting on more than $100 million in annual revenue from the gaming operation after investing $79.5 million upfront. Those financial figures are included in a formal application submitted March 1 to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board by SC Gaming OpCo LLC. That company is…

Finance ・ 07 May 2021

Coal Valley News

Get a shot, play slots: W.Va. casino clinic lets in out-of-staters

CHARLESTON - A vaccine clinic at a West Virginia casino is welcoming people from outside of the state to get their COVID-19 shots as demand declines among in-state residents. "Grateful was what we saw in their eyes," said Betsy Gambino, a nurse with Berkeley Medical Center who helped administer the shots Tuesday. Without leaving their car, state…

Covid ・ 07 May 2021