Baltimore Slot Machines are Coming 

The slot machines that are coming to Baltimore just got a little closer to their goal as the casino developers showed off their plans for the site. The Baltimore City Entertainment Group showed off an artist rendering of their Celebration Casino and the initial reaction has been very positive. 

The casino would have the slot machines of course, but it would also have a buffet style restaurant, a nightclub, a “chop house,” and a bar. The slot machine casino would also have the ability to hold 5,000 people at a time, so it is no small casino. 

It would look industrialized – so that it can fit in with the area’s look. The slot machines would be up and running fro 8 am to 2 am every day of the week and will employ 926 full time professionals who would make an average of $41,000 a year. Their annual payroll alone would be $38 million. This of course does not include the $122.5 million in wages and benefits that they will have to pay the 2,332 construction personnel that they will have to hire to build it. 

The slot machines are expected to bring in roughly $391 million a year for the state. They say that they are expecting to see revenues of $17.7 million to the city, $3.3 in casino property taxes, $2.6 million in hotel taxes and $4.6 million in property taxes. Residents are excited and apprehensive at the same time. They say that the money will be nice, but what will come with it?