Casinos not biting on later serving hours
HARRISBURG - Pennsylvania lawmakers recently passed legislation to allow the state's 12 casinos to sell liquor between 2 and 6 a.m., but casinos say they aren't biting. That is partly because the cash-strapped state wants $1 million per license.
HARRISBURG - Pennsylvania lawmakers recently passed legislation to allow the state's 12 casinos to sell liquor between 2 and 6 a.m., but casinos say they aren't biting. That is partly because the cash-strapped state wants $1 million per license.
Sands Casino CEO Mark Juliano told the Allentown Morning Call that the Bethlehem casino would not pay the $1 million and that he did not know of any casino that would. Juliano said that it was not worth hiring staff to serve sparse late-night crowds and that the Sands does not want to be the go-to drinking hole after every other place closes.
Eric Schippers of Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course said that the casino had no need to serve liquor around the clock and that it would probably not take a license if it were free.
- AP