Thanks to the support of our local community leaders, in particular the visionary leadership of Mayor Richard Irvin and his staff in Aurora, we are very excited to be moving forward with these projects,” said Mr. “Since the change in law to permit land-side casino relocation in Illinois, we have been exploring the viability of relocating our aging riverboats in Aurora and Joliet.

Our casino properties remain at the core of our omni-channel approach to entertainment, which combines best-in-class retail operations and a database of more than 26 million m圜hoice members with a rapidly growing interactive and media footprint. Jay Snowden, Chief Executive Officer and President of PENN Entertainment, commented: “We are delighted to announce these exciting new growth projects, which we expect will generate strong free cash flow returns and create long-term value for our shareholders. (“PENN” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: PENN) announced today that it intends to relocate its riverboat casinos in Aurora and Joliet, Illinois to new land-based facilities and to build a new hotel at Hollywood Columbus in Ohio and a second hotel tower at the M Resort in Henderson, Nevada. To comply with Illinois law, it is not open 24 hours a day and is smoke-free.Ī law in the Illinois senate which would allow non-riverboat casinos has been favored by Penn National, as it is interested in moving the Aurora casino to an area near the Chicago Premium Outlets.WYOMISSING, Pa.-( BUSINESS WIRE)-PENN Entertainment, Inc. 1 restaurant on the property, Fairbanks Steakhouse. The casino has 53,000 square feet of gaming space and over 1,000 slot machines and 26 table games. Two riverboats were first used, replaced by a 70,000 square feet floating, moored, half-circle structure. The casino's ownership transferred to Penn National Gaming (now Penn Entertainment) after its acquisition of Hollywood Casino Corp. Hollywood Casino Aurora opened in 1993 as Hollywood Casino Corp.'s first riverboat casino. It is owned by Gaming and Leisure Properties and operated by Penn Entertainment. Hollywood Casino Aurora was originally a riverboat casino located on the Fox River in Aurora, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago.

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