Ouch! Philadelphia City Councilman Frank DiCicco got an earful from angry residents last night at a meeting to discuss a plan for a casino bordering Chinatown. Plan Philly, which has a complete write up and a video of the contentious gathering, reports that “the crowd did most of the talking. And chanting and yelling sometimes.”
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The blog Plan Philly says things could happen very fast with one of Philadelphia’s planned casinos. A Foxwoods key investors is quoted as saying the Center City casino could begin operations by the end of next year. This target date came out of a meeting yesterday between Brian Ford, chief executive of Washington Philadelphia Investors [...]

Yesterday the Pennsylvania Supreme Court rejected the City of Philadelphia’s request to reconsider its previous ruling on Sugarhouse Casino. This means the Sugarhouse gets to keep its right to extend its development over the Delaware River in Philadelphia.
Chris Brennan from The Daily News explains this much better than I can. See Clout.
Plan Philly has a [...]

There was a time, I believed that Foxwoods and Sugarhouse casinos had the odds in their favor. The State Supreme Court in Pennsylvania was telling Philadelphia to stop dragging its feet and speed up the permit process. It appeared that nothing was going to stop them from building two casinos along the Delaware River. In [...]

by Shannon Curley
It’s Our City is a project that aims to give community activists access to a larger audience. One issue that has sparked strong community involvement has been where to place two planned casinos in Philadelphia.There has a vocal opposition to both casinos from both neighborhood associations and more professional groups like Casino-Free Philadelphia. [...]

Late last week, Bristol, PA Mayor Sam Fenton announced that luring Foxwoods from Philadelphia could be a “potential home run for Bristol Township.” Fenton mainly has money on his mind. The mayor speaking at a council meeting said that the casino could solve his city’s budget problems and enliven local business. The Bucks County Courier [...]

This past week, Foxwoods Casino announced that it’s willing to build a casino at a new location. The original site in South Philadelphia along the Delaware River ignited strong community opposition. The new location was celebrated by Pennsylvania’s Governor as not only a faster way to get the revenue generating operation but it will also [...]

Governor Ed Rendell spoke first at today’s news conference on Foxwoods’ plan to relocate to Center City. He began by touting the benefits of gambling tax revenues detailing that because of the popularity of Pennsylvania’s casinos, most residents are seeing lower property taxes and that the only reason the PA Convention Center is able to [...]

We got more details this afternoon about Foxwoods’ plan to build its casino in Center City. Foxwoods officials say its casino would be built above the Gallery Mall on Market Street between 10th & 11th streets. Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell, Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter and Foxwoods officials spoke at a news conference at 1:00pm this [...]

The Philadephia Inquirer is reporting tonight that an agreement has been reached for Foxwoods Casino to build a slots mega casino above the Gallery Mall. The move is officially expected to be announced Friday afternoon at 1pm at City Hall. Foxwoods had planned to build in South Philadelphia close to the Delaware River waterfront. But [...]