![]() ![]() ![]() Other stakeholders, including lawyers representing both sides, didn’t respond to messages seeking comment on where the project stands.Ī rendering of the Live! Philadelphia casino. A spokeswoman for Cordish Companies, the developer working on the Live! Philadelphia project, said this week there’s “no update” on the status of construction. The timing on that is difficult to predict. ![]() So for now, developers are in a holding pattern on the half-a-billion-dollar project until the court rules. That suit was filed by SugarHouse Casino, the other casino in Philadelphia and a competitor of any second casino in the city, and a group that lost out for the license. Stadium Casino, LLC, the group that controls the casino project, is waiting on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to rule on a lawsuit challenging whether or not the state Gaming Control Board should have awarded a license to Stadium. That’s because developers, owners and other stakeholders are waiting on the court system to make up its mind - and precedent shows that’ll likely go in their favor. It’s been more than three years since the state accepted applications to build a second casino in Philadelphia, and more than a year since the winner of that application faced concerns about racist business practices.Īt this point, construction still hasn’t started on the nine-acre plot of land in South Philadelphia that’s set to become the state’s newest casino: the Live! Philadelphia hotel and casino project. ![]()
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