Morning Headlines: Mayor Nutter to Weigh in on Casinos This Morning

This morning at 11 a.m., Philadelphia’s mayor will be at the Pennsylvania Convention Center to speak about the six proposals for the second casino license to the Pennsylvania Gaming Board. When the first casino was proposed, citizens were engaged — pro and con — in the process. They were passionate. But as Chris Brennan points out in today’s Daily News: “The process has made only the occasional ripple in Philly’s civic consciousness.”

Is this the “SugarHouse effect”?

The city’s sole casino, SugarHouse, on the banks of the Delaware River in Fishtown, has been open for three years. Maybe Philadelphia has moved on.

Brennan helpfully breaks down the complex relationships and people behind each proposal here.

If we had to guess from tips and the players involved? Wynn will win.

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