The 2,100-slot machine property in the city’s Stadium District will operate for its first few weeks on a controlled reservation or invitation-only basis, but after 8 p.m. as the first shiny, full-sized casino added to Pennsylvania’s gaming industry since the debut of its nearest competitor, Rivers Philadelphia, a decade ago. The Live! Casino & Hotel Philadelphia opens at 4 p.m.
Gamblers visiting four southeastern Pennsylvania casinos already leave behind well more than a billion dollars a year ordinarily at slots, blackjack, and other games, and the big question starting Tuesday afternoon is how they’ll take to a fifth option - especially now in the COVID era.
