Casinos
Everett, Mass., Mayor Endorses Wynn Philadelphia…for Everett, Mass.
“Everett Mayor Carlo DeMaria Jr. today announced details of an agreement with Las Vegas casino developer Steve Wynn that is expected to generate millions of […]
Atlantic City Boardwalk Earns Top Spot on “9 Best Boardwalks in the U.S.” List
Oyster.com, the cutely named hotel partner of the Travel Channel, published a list of the nine best boardwalks in the U.S., and look who’s sittin’ […]
Inga Saffron: Steve Wynn Should Get the P.T. Barnum Award
Is there anything more delicious than a critic who’s ticked off? When the New Yorker‘s Anthony Lane hates a movie, you know you’re in for […]
More Hearings Planned For Proposed Philly Casino
6ABC reports the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has added a another day of public hearings as it considers which of a half-dozen proposals it might […]
SugarHouse Penalized for Polluting Delaware River
Is this what SugarHouse meant when they pledged to expand their presence on the Delaware River? By dumping construction materials in the Delaware River? Prosecutors […]
Feeling Left Out of Casino Debate, Sugarhouse Wants Cooler Stuff
With all the casino attention going to Bart Blatstein, Steve Wynn, and the other high-rollers presenting at the Convention Center this week, Philly’s own Sugarhouse […]
What Happened at Day One of the Casino Hearings
Yesterday, during the first day of public hearings over Philadelphia’s second gaming license each of the six applicants appeared to have brought along their own […]
Open Letter to Atlantic City: Is This New Ad Campaign Really the Right Way to Go?
Dear Atlantic City: You know we love you. We come to you for gambling, for bachelor and bachelorette parties, for rides on your charming jitneys, […]
New Rendering of Wynn Philadelphia
One of the Design Advocacy Group‘s recent complaints about Wynn Philadelphia was the scarcity of information accompanying the pitch: “Wynn Philadelphia has so far provided […]
Design Advocacy Group Bashes Bart But Says Casino Should Be Downtown
The Design Advocacy Group is a collaborative of very smart people: urban planners, architects, designers and likeminded guardians of the aesthetic who advocate for quality […]
Wynn Philadelphia Cozies Up to Minority Contractors
Wynn Philadelphia, one of the six bidders vying for the city’s second casino license, will hold an outreach event this week to bring minority- and […]
Philly’s New Casinos, Plus the Apparently Related Crappy Basement of a Complete Stranger
There are six proposals for Philadelphia’s next casino, and you know wherever things ends up, people will complain. So let’s forestall the inevitable moaning and […]
Revel Finally Went Bankrupt. What’s Next For A.C.?
It finally happened—”finally” being a weird word to describe the bankruptcy of a casino that’s less than a year old, perhaps, but not when that […]
NCAA Lifts Ban on Tournament Games in New Jersey
Last fall, following a New Jersey bill that legalized sports gambling in limited areas, the NCAA banned the state’s college sports teams from hosting tournament […]
Was This Weekend’s Atlantic City Robbery an Inside Job?
Ah, the bad old days appear to be back. A man reportedly walks into a casino with a mask over his face, and pulls off […]