“This proposed casino will certainly be a major contributor to our recovery as a hospitality industry and as a community,” opined Delozier. Opponents countered that casinos hurt — not help — communities.<\/p>\n
\nThere are more poor people in Centre County than most citizens recognize. A casino will not provide sustenance for the poor, underemployed, and desperate,” declared Carl Miller, a Bellefonte resident. “On the contrary, casino gambling entices the poor to risk an already inadequate means of support on an exceedingly slim chance of financial gain.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
A retired United Methodist pastor added that gambling is “a menace to society, deadly to the best interests of moral, social, economic and spiritual life, destructive of good government and good stewardship.”<\/p>\n
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Ira Lubert obtained the Category 4 casino license last September when he won the gaming permit auction round with a $10 million bid. A consulting firm hired by College Township, where the Nittany Mall is located, concluded in an in-depth review that the proposed casino would have a “negligible” impact on the township’s traffic, water and sewer infrastructure, tourism, and police and first responder services.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nThe PGCB plans to hold a meeting in Harrisburg this fall to further evaluate the Nittany Mall casino project. At that time, the seven-member board will vote whether to allow the Bally’s development to move forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The proposed Penn State casino garnered plenty of feedback from locals during a hearing this week held by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB). Residents, area officials, business owners, and parents of university students turned out for the public meeting, held last night at the Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center. Opinions regarding allowing a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":183141,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,13592],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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