Pennsylvania: Former Macy’s site at the Nittany Mall identified as planned location for mini-casino

Pennsylvania: Former Macy’s site at the Nittany Mall identified as planned location for mini-casino

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  • Geoff Rushton, StateCollege.com
March 4, 2021 12:04 PM
  • Geoff Rushton, StateCollege.com

The former Macy’s department store site at the Nittany Mall is the planned location for a proposed mini-casino in Centre County.

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College Township officials received this week a local impact report as required by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board that identified the location for the category 4 casino, township Manager Adam Brumbaugh said in a statement on Wednesday afternoon.

Investor and former Penn State trustee Ira Lubert had a winning bid at a September 2020 Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board auction for a new license for a Category 4 casino that would be built somewhere within a 15-mile radius of Unionville Borough. In January, Bally’s Corporation announced it had signed an agreement with Lubert to develop a planned $120 million mini-casino but at the time only indicated it would be located “near the Nittany Mall.”