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By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 19 Feb 2023 22:26:58 +0000

Slam the Pennsylvania iGaming door squarely in the face of Bally’s. They deserve nothing less!

By: Thomas

Thomas — Fri, 03 Feb 2023 23:29:18 +0000

Yesterday the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board determined the application from BALLY’S PENNSYLVANIA, LLC was missing more than a few of the details the Board was hoping to see there. You won’t find their comments unless you find them on the PGCB website posted under FILINGS at the upper right corner under the Hearings and Appeals tab. Look there either now or later because the feedback is already posted there. Just sayin’…

By: Nathan

Nathan — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 22:45:52 +0000

I’m a student at Penn State. I am surprised that Bally’s even considered placing a brick-and-mortar casino in State College. Anybody who follows this website can see the strong leaning of current gamers to use digital betting methods. Digital betting is more convenient, cheaper, and very easy. Roughly 23% of college students gamble online (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17882602/). The Penn State student population is already hooked on sports betting online, and it’s ludicrous to think a physical casino would garner enough student gamblers to turn a profit. No Penn State student would seriously consider going off-campus to a casino, it’s just not as convenient as being downtown.

And if anybody thinks a casino would get profit from the regular State College population, not the students, that’s laughable. State College has barely 40k people (https://datausa.io/profile/geo/state-college-pa/), and State College is a family-oriented community. Penn State supplies almost 90k students, of which I am one, through its main University Park campus (https://www.collegefactual.com/colleges/pennsylvania-state-university-main-campus/student-life/diversity/). Any casino development in State College would necessarily be directed towards the larger population: the students that are here for three quarters of the year. But as was mentioned earlier, the students are already hooked on the online gaming scene.

By: Sharon

Sharon — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 22:40:55 +0000

As an alumna of Penn State, I remember the Nittany Mall before it declined into the ghost town it is today. I easily found a detailed and accurate YouTube visual explanation of its downfall, including a description of the loss of each former anchor store. You can find the same video by doing a search for “Visit To A Tired Nittany Mall.” I cannot imagine a Bally’s casino bringing life to any already dead shopping mall anywhere. Are they in denial about that? Bally’s might want to take another look at their plan — no other casino would take a gamble on finding success in State College. Most residents in that college already oppose it!

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 15:36:14 +0000

Nittany Mall went downhill after a Bally’s casino was announced in 2021 as the solution to save it. I refused to believe it actually lost all four anchor stores (Sears, Macy’s, J.C. Penney, and Bon-Ton) until seeing a very recent walk-thru YouTube video found by searching for Nittany Mall Timeline 2020-2022. Watch that and you’ll agree a casino is not a solution for saving it.

By: Tony

Tony — Sun, 08 Jan 2023 03:45:21 +0000

Bally’s wants to renovate a former Macy’s department store at a nearly vacant and struggling shopping mall? Is that the best plan and location their leadership can imagine for a brand-new Bally’s casino in Pennsylvania? Bally’s chances for any success with that kind of plan can be best described as doubtful. Maybe laughable is a more accurate description.

By: M Stout

M Stout — Sat, 07 Jan 2023 17:27:08 +0000

I cannot believe the financial forecasters in this big corporation think this is a good idea. I hope the local opposition momentum gains strength.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 05 Jan 2023 15:30:25 +0000

Bally’s just realized two things. First, even if they did get their casino in State College there would be no grand opening until about 2026. Way too far away to even plan a leaseback strategy. Secondly, they just learned the PA Gaming Control Board has zero tolerance at Pennsylvania land-based casinos for unattended minors left in vehicles. When a preventative measure of “Valet Parking Only” at casinos becomes mandatory, the potentially significant loss of revenue from local casino patrons will be viewed as absolutely unacceptable.

By: John P. (College Township Resident, living minutes away from Nittany Mall for decades)

Thu, 05 Jan 2023 03:12:33 +0000

This puts a lot of things in clearer perspective!

It costs millions of dollars to be able to open a casino. So, why would anybody be willing to do this unless they knew they would make much more money than this initial cost?!

And where will the money come from? From Pennsylvania residents who lose money to gambling.

Doesn’t this sound like an obvious recipe for failure? So, why even go there?

We don’t need to allow a rich owner to get richer while the large majority of people who would visit a casino will get poorer. And some will have very serious problems.

So, let’s just prevent the loss of money and the serious problems by making sure that no more new casinos open up in Pennsylvania.

This sounds like a simple, no-brainer solution.

By: Joan Bouchard, Patton Township, State College

Joan Bouchard, Patton Township, State College — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 22:59:26 +0000

Locating a casino in State College will encourage many parents not to send their students to Penn State university’s main campus, will present a significant distraction to the students, and eventually affect the quality of graduates from Penn State’s main campus, and will negatively affect Penn State’s reputation as an institution.

By: Dan M.

Dan M. — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 22:06:04 +0000

A Bally’s casino near Penn State University? It won’t happen. There will never be a casino near State College, regardless of who dreams of bringing chaos to Happy Valley. Bally’s Corporation fully realizes that now even though they’ll mention being disappointed. Their business plan now will be to grab iGaming revenue from Pennsylvanians. That land-based brick-and-mortar casino in this college town will be swiftly denied. This is the “Plan B” Bally’s has kept in their hip pocket until now.

By: Dorothy Sandusky

Dorothy Sandusky — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 19:56:14 +0000

Please do not bring a Casino to State College, PA. Out community does not need what comes with a casino. Dottie Sandusky

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 19:48:25 +0000

Building a new land-based mini-casino in Pennsylvania’s oversaturated gambling market would be a very risky bet, especially when the host community is so strongly opposed. Bally’s would do well to abandon its plans for a land-based casino near Penn State and to focus its efforts on expanding its online gambling offerings instead. The future of gambling in Pennsylvania is online.