At the time the opening, Chester Mayor Wendall N. He said operators in those counties expect to have mini-casinos up and running in late 2020 - although construction schedules could change.Chester’s Harrah’s Racino, a racetrack and casino, opened on January 22, 2007, and renamed Harrah’s Philadelphia in 2012. The mini-casinos for Berks and Westmoreland counties are the furthest along in development, said Richard McGarvey, a spokesperson for the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board. The five planned mini-casinos are in different stages. They have easy transportation access, including public transit, typically.” “They’re sort of self-contained from residential areas. “By their nature, there’s plenty of parking,” Chamberlin said. So malls are looking for unconventional options, and mini-casinos make a lot of sense, he said. Silas Chamberlin, vice president of economic and community development for the York County Economic Alliance, says malls have struggled for years as shopping has shifted to downtowns and online. The Westmoreland and York ones could end up attached to shopping malls. The five mini-casinos approved so far are planned in Berks, Cumberland, Beaver, Westmoreland and York counties.

Much of the state is already off-limits for any new mini-casinos, as hundreds of communities took steps to forbid the mini-casinos. But if the sixth license auction is successful, the board could award up to 10 mini-casino licenses total. If no one bids at least $7.5 million Wednesday, no more licenses would be offered under the process approved in 2017, Straub said. “…If they don’t sell this time, this book will close.” “The idea was sort of that it was worth it to see if there was a renewed interest,” Straub said. Mike Straub, a spokesman for the House Republican Caucus, said lawmakers want the board to offer casino operators one more chance. WHYY thanks our sponsors - become a WHYY sponsor

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