PENN Entertainment, Inc. is ready to start production on a brand new lodge addition to Hollywood Casino Columbus. The groundbreaking rite is scheduled for November 28, 2023, at 1pm ET. This undertaking aligns with the company’s enlargement method and is poised to decorate the visitor revel in on the Columbus location.
The lodge, budgeted at about $a hundred million, could be incorporated with the prevailing on line casino facilities. It is expected to create loads of jobs all through the development section and about a hundred everlasting positions as soon as operational. The lodge’s layout consists of a hundred and eighty rooms, assembly spaces, and an extra restaurant. Details of nearby partnerships and services could be disclosed withinside the future.
This lodge is a key thing of PENN Entertainment’s huge boom plan, which encompasses new land-primarily based totally on line casino trends in Aurora and Joliet, Illinois, and a further lodge tower in Henderson, Nevada. The Aurora undertaking is significantly supported by $50 million in investment from the City of Aurora. Furthermore, Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. has pledged up to $575 million closer to the collective $850 million price range allotted for those 4 giant boom initiatives.
“We are pleased to quickly start production on a brand new, today’s lodge at Hollywood Casino Columbus,” said Jay Snowden, CEO and President of PENN Entertainment. “Since beginning in 2012, our Columbus belongings has skilled notable boom, and the addition of a lodge at Hollywood Casino Columbus will create a real nearby destination.”
“We are elated to be celebrating this present day with our group individuals, supporters, and key stakeholders,” said Rick Skinner, Vice President & General Manager of Hollywood Casino Columbus. “We can’t wait to start hiring new group individuals and inviting extra site visitors from across the area to show off our new lodge and the pleasure of Hollywood Casino Columbus.”