He pointed to the company’s “Play It Safe” plan, which was first utilized at the Maryland venue and is being replicated in Pittsburgh and Philly, including an Atmos Air Bi-Polar Air Purification System and the Reel Clear slot machine management system, which shuts down a machine after use until an attendant has sanitized it. There are risks involved with opening public-facing businesses prior to widespread distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, but “we’re doing things in an aggressive way to be safe,” Norton emphasized. “At a time when not many businesses like this are opening, we’re not just opening one casino, but two casinos in the commonwealth during the pandemic period,” Cordish Gaming Group President Rob Norton told the assembled media. The property is the second in the state from the Cordish Gaming Group, which operates a Live! casino in Maryland and just before Thanksgiving opened a mini-casino in the Pittsburgh area. The finishing touches were still being applied on Thursday An odd time for openings Though still under construction both inside and out, there’s no mistaking the quality - verging on Vegas-like excess in some areas - of the $700 million project. 11 welcoming of the full public, Live! Casino Philadelphia provided the media a sneak peek on a tour Thursday. 19 opening to Live! Rewards Club members who make a reservation and its Feb. When the COVID-19 pandemic is over and fans are again attending baseball, football, basketball, and hockey games - not to mention concerts - in Philadelphia’s Stadium District, this casino figures to be positively swamped on game days.įor now, though, it’s easing into existence. Location-wise, Live! Philly will be the envy of all its competitors. The view of the Phillies’ home from a penthouse hotel suite

There’s a clear view of the field from the upper floors of the hotel attached to what will soon become Pennsylvania’s 14th brick-and-mortar casino. The hotel isn’t quite that close, and Harper isn’t quite that big a slugger.īut “catching,” as in “watching,” will be quite possible indeed from the Live! Casino Philadelphia rooms that face south when the Phillies are next playing home games at Citizens Bank Park.

Imagine catching a Bryce Harper home run from your hotel room.

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