Foxwoods And Sugarhouse May Finally Get Off Ground
28 May 2008
Foxwoods may finally be able to break ground this summer as the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has decided not to review its April 2 ruling that was in favor of the casino being built. After seventeen months of court battles after the sites and contractors were selected, this last hurdle may finally have been cleared. The company that is developing the casino can now go ahead and begin applying for building permits. The word on whether or not Foxwoods and Sugarhouse can use riverbed land, however, is still out.
“I think the chances are absolutely nil that the city or any unsatisfied [officials] could delay things on the state level,” said Joseph Kelly. A law expert that specializes in gaming at Buffalo State University, Kelly has stated that the language used in the court ruling pretty much keeps the city officials from blocking the two casino projects. Of course there are some local officials who do not agree with Kelly’s assessment.
The Mayor, Michael Nutter agrees that Foxwoods’ legal and litigation issues may be over, but he feels that there are plenty of things the casino’s owners and developers still have to contend with. The newest issue that Nutter and city councilman Frank DiCicco believe Foxwoods is going to have deal with is how the casinos will affect traffic in South Philadelphia.
Sugarhouse, on the other, may have a longer wait before being able to break ground. According to spokesperson Leigh Whitaker, Sugarhouse may have a hard time getting building permits from the Army Corps of Engineers because the land that the casino is supposed to be built upon contains the remnants of a historic British fort. They are currently working through those concerns, but they may be looking at a new location before all is said and done.
Of course, the two casinos are still fighting with residents who would prefer not to have the establishments close to their homes. They are starting to run out of blocking options, however, thanks to the ruling from the state’s Supreme Court. The lack of the city being able to do anything to stop them has effectively stopped the rest of the citizenry. The city is required to give them the necessary zoning.
Casino-Free Philadelphia, an organization that has been fighting casinos in the area, stated, “Politically, these things are in the worst shape they’ve ever been. It’s up to the citizens of Philadelphia to use that opening.”
Daniel Hunter, who is the head of the group, is not sure what they are going to do next to stop the casinos being constructed.
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