The Bally's casino that was announced for College Township in January will be located at the former site of the Macy's at Nittany Mall, according to the local impact report released earlier this week.
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The floor of a casino is pictured from above.
STATE COLLEGE The former Macy’s department store at the Nittany Mall will see second life soon.
The vacant Macy’s is the site for a new proposed mini-casino in Centre County.
This week, College Township officials received a local impact report, which is required by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board. The report identified the location for the category 4 casino.
In January, Bally’s Corporation announced that it had signed an agreement with investor and Penn State alumnus Ira Lubert to develop a planned $120 million mini-casino in Centre County.
Bally s first Pennsylvania casino sets location Nittany Mall in College Township is about four miles from Penn State. The Macy’s location closed in 2020. United States | 03/05/2021 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. The $120-million casino will be developed with real estate and private equity investor Ira Lubert. Construction is slated to begin later this year and take one year. A
Bally’s mini-casino near Penn State’s campus that was announced in January.
The casino, for which construction is slated to begin later this year pending regulatory approvals and
The former Macy’s department store site at the Nittany Mall is the planned location for a proposed mini-casino in Centre County.
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.”