Parx On line casino Shippensburg Opens Smoke-Free, State’s Fourth Satellite tv for pc
Parx On line casino Shippensburg is formally open. The fourth satellite tv for pc on line casino within the state, Parx Shippensburg options greater than 500 slot machines and 48 digital desk gaming positions.
Parx On line casino Shippensburg doesn’t supply stay seller desk video games however does have 48 digital gaming machines. The on line casino can also be one in every of solely two casinos in Pennsylvania that’s totally smoke-free. (Picture: Parx On line casino Shippensburg)
The Parx property additionally has a 100-seat restaurant referred to as the Liberty Bar and Grill that provides BetParx sports activities wagering kiosks.
The on line casino opened Friday at 10 a.m. with Eric Hausler, Parx CEO, Kevin Brady, Parx Shippensburg common supervisor, and native enterprise leaders and state lawmakers available for the ceremony.
Parx Shippensburg is the fourth satellite tv for pc on line casino to open within the commonwealth, following Hollywood On line casino York, Reside! On line casino Pittsburgh in Westmoreland and Hollywood On line casino Morgantown. The Parx mini-casino is the primary to open smoke-free.
Parx’s flagship on line casino is in Bensalem, simply north of Philadelphia. The on line casino is the richest gaming property in Pennsylvania, with its 2022 brick-and-mortar gaming income totaling north of $637.5 million.
Parx determined to remain smoke-free amid the pandemic. The 2 Parx casinos are the one absolutely smoke-free casinos in Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania now has 17 land-based casinos, and the state just lately signed off on an 18th with a satellite tv for pc mission from Bally’s in State Faculty close to Penn State College.
5 Years in Making
Pennsylvania lawmakers and then-Gov. Tom Wolf (D) licensed satellite tv for pc casinos by the state’s 2017 gaming growth bundle. The satellites are reserved for the state’s present on line casino operators and key buyers within the slot licenses.
Greenwood Gaming & Leisure, the mother or father entity to Parx, gained the Pennsylvania Gaming Management Board’s (PGCB) February 2018 satellite tv for pc on line casino public sale spherical with a bid of $8.1 million. Greenwood chosen Shippensburg Township, which didn’t choose out of being thought of for one of many mini-casinos — formally referred to as Class 4 casinos.
Parx mentioned it spent about $65 million redeveloping the previous Lowe’s dwelling enchancment retailer at 250 Conestoga Drive into Parx On line casino Shippensburg.
Every satellite tv for pc is permitted as much as 750 slot and digital desk gaming positions. Parx Shippensburg, for now, is foregoing stay seller desk video games, which can be found for the Class 4 developments for a further licensing charge of $2.5 million.
Schools and Casinos
The Penn State local people in State Faculty got here out in sturdy opposition to Bally’s attempting to construct a satellite tv for pc on line casino on the Nittany Mall in a former Macy’s anchor retailer. However as a result of Faculty Township didn’t exclude itself from Class 4 consideration, the PGCB authorized the $123 million mission final week regardless of the general public outcry.
There hasn’t been a lot public opposition in Shippensburg, which can also be dwelling to a college. Shippensburg College is among the 10 state-owned schools within the commonwealth collectively managed beneath Pennsylvania’s State System of Larger Training.
Ship, as the college is affectionately identified, is dwelling to about 7,000 undergraduates and 1,300 postgraduate college students. Parx On line casino is only a mile from the campus.
Many mother and father have voiced issues about casinos encroaching too shut to varsity campuses within the Commonwealth. However playing is widespread within the state. Pennsylvania is one in every of solely six states within the nation that has authorized iGaming with on-line casinos that includes interactive slots and desk video games.
