SugarHouse Casino   Foxwoods Casino
SugarHouse Casino   Foxwoods Casino

Location: North Delaware Avenue, between Shackamaxon Avenue and Ellen Street (formerly the Jackfrost Sugar Refinery)

     

Location: Along the Delaware riverfront in South Philadelphia. East of Christopher Columbus Boulevard between Tasker and Reed streets.

Size: 22 acres

     

Size: 16.5 acres

Estimated Cost to Build:

$550 million        

Estimated Cost to Build:

$560 million  

Projected Annual Revenue:

$420 million        

Projected Annual Revenue:

$350 million  
Projected Daily Visitors: 18,000        

Projected Daily Visitors:

28,000  
Slots: Phase I Phase II Phase III Total
  3,000 2,000 TBD 5,000+
     
Slots: Phase I Phase II Phase III Total
  3,000 2,000 TBD 5,000+

Estimated Direct Jobs:

1,300        

Estimated Direct Jobs:

1,780  

Estimated Economic Impact:

  City Taxes $ 16.8 million*  
  State Taxes $ 218.5 million*  


Ownership:

HSP Gaming LP

     
  High Penn Gaming, LP   66.25%  
  RPRS Gaming , LP   33.65%  
  High Gaming Partners, LP   0.1%  

 

     

Estimated Economic Impact:

  City Taxes $ 14.5 million*  
  State Taxes $ 185.6 million*  

 

Ownership:

Philadelphia Entertainment and Development Partners

  Washington Philadelphia Investors, LP   70.00%  
  FDC Philadelphia , LP   29.99%  
  FDC/PEDP GP , LLC   0.01%  

 

Investors:

 

Neil G. Bluhm, Chairman of HSP Gaming
Daniel J. Keating, III
Jerry L. Johnson
Robert Potamkin
William Lamb

Richard Sprague

 

     

Investors:

 

Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation
Washington Partners Community Charities
Peter Depaul
Frederick Teece
Quincy Jones, Jr.
Edward Snyder

 

 

       

 

* Taxes solely from gaming operations.  Additional taxes may be collected from non-gaming operations.  Based on estimates provided by individual casinos.

 

Sources: Photos - www.sugarhouse.com and www.foxwoods.com
Information compiled from www.sugarhouse.com, www.foxwoods.com, and www.pgcb.state.pa.us.gov