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Casinos: SugarHouse Gives Back To Community

May 27, 2014 1

As part of the Community Benefits Agreement with SugarHouse Casino, the Penn Treaty Special Services District has received $500,000 per year from SugarHouse since opening in 2010. Once SugarHouse’s second phase is finished, presumably bringing [continue reading…]

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Casinos: SugarHouse to Expand as PA Slot Revenue Declines

April 15, 2014 1

In 2006, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board awarded SugarHouse Casino one of two gaming licenses for Philadelphia. SugarHouse, along with the now-defunct Foxwoods casino proposal in South Philadelphia, was set to become the first casino [continue reading…]

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Casinos: UNITE HERE Philadelphia Stands Up for SugarHouse Employees

April 8, 2014 0

While the still-undecided final location of Philadelphia’s second gaming license dominates the local casino conversation, all is not quiet at the renovating SugarHouse. Philly’s first casino is attracting some recent notice because of renewed efforts [continue reading…]

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Fishtown: SugarHouse Pays $650,000 to Settle Dumping Violation

April 16, 2013 0

SugarHouse HSP Gaming, LP reached an agreement with the federal government to pay $650,000 after workers performed unauthorized work and dumped construction materials into the Delaware River. The agreement was announced Monday by U.S. Attorney [continue reading…]

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Fishtown: SugarHouse’s Community Benefits Agreement Helps Neighborhood Groups

December 8, 2010 1

Long before construction crews broke ground at SugarHouse Casino, owner Neil Bluhm met with members of the community to sign a community benefits agreement that would allot funds back into the surrounding neighborhoods of Fishtown, [continue reading…]

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Fishtown: Anti-Casino Group Continues to Oppose SugarHouse

December 8, 2010 2

For six years, Casino-Free Philadelphia’s mission has been to stop casinos from coming to Philadelphia, bankrupt any that do and reclaim local neighborhoods. The activist group’s No Casino in the Heart of Our City Coalition [continue reading…]

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Fishtown: Long-Awaited SugarHouse Casino Opens

September 24, 2010 4

Visitors gathered as early as 7 a.m. yesterday for the much-anticipated opening of SugarHouse Casino at 1002 Delaware Avenue. The casino expects two million visits annually, but despite the outward optimism many residents of Fishtown [continue reading…]

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Arts & Entertainment: Are There Too Many Live Music Venues In Philly?

January 8, 2015 5

Philadelphia is an artistically diverse city. It is home to many galleries and music venues. In the recent years, the number of music venues has grown, and it is affecting the already established venues in [continue reading…]

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Fishtown: FNA Brings Artists and Community Together to ‘Feed the Fish’

December 5, 2014 0

The prominent Fishtown art scene has just taken a new role in engaging local residents and utilizing a green approach for a better community through the neighborhood’s very own mascot: a fish. Throughout Fishtown, people [continue reading…]

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South Philadelphia: Neighborhood Supports The Casino Revolution Proposal

June 2, 2014 4

The proposals in play for Philadelphia’s final casino license have largely drawn negative feedback from their respective communities. Bart Blatstein’s The Provence proposal has been appealed by neighborhood schools and a synagogue for failing to [continue reading…]

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