Pennsylvania Slot Machine License Contenders (Part IV)

Pocono Manor has already been touted as the largest slot machine casino plan in the state, and will bring in 4,000 jobs to the area. It will also bring in slot machine revenues over $350 million – all in a $3.1 billion project.

Their plan is an entertainment complex that includes 3,000 slot machines at first, but then another 2,000 slot machines to come later on. They would also have a convention center, roughly 2,000 hotel rooms, restaurants, and over 600,000 square feet of retail space – all along with the slot machine casino. ''We're planning a world-class resort,'' said Greg Matzel, the New Jersey developer who bought Pocono Manor.

Matzel believes that their slot machine casino and their convention center would take business from New York City and Atlantic City as well. They are not however, considered in the front running. They have 3,000 acres to build upon, and the slot machines will be very convenient to major highways. Dennis Gomes will be the operator of the slot machine casino, and he used to be president of one of their rivals – Aztar Corp. He would become CEO if Pocono Manor gets the slot machine license. Matzel would become Chairman of the Pocono Manor and Casino if they receive their slots license.

They are calling themselves a “destination resort”, and the slot machine casino has received very little opposition. They had three groups who did not like the height of the slot machine hotel/casino, but otherwise they have gone on basically unopposed.

 

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