COLUMBUS, Ohio - The company planning to develop a casino in Columbus announced Friday it had purchased the second of two sites under consideration.
Penn National Gaming, Inc. says completed the purchase of 123 acres at the site of the former General Motors/Delphi Automotive plant on Georgesville Road near the intersection of West Broad Street on the West Side (pictured).
The former auto parts plant is intended as an alternate location for the development of the company’s $400 million Hollywood Casino Columbus, pending the approval of a statewide ballot issue May 4.
The ballot measure would change an amendment to the state's constitution approved by voters in November allowing casinos in Ohio’s four largest cities.
The original amendment required the casino to be built on approximately 24 acres in the Arena District, which met with opposition from local leaders.
The site will be put up for sale if the May ballot effort is successful, company officials said.
The 180,000 square foot casino, which is expected to open in the second half of 2012, will host up to 4,000 slot machines, as many as 100 gaming tables and 25 poker tables, Penn National officials said.
Ohio State University says a background check on a janitor who shot two supervisors didn't reveal a criminal record, even though Nathaniel Brown had spent five years in prison.
Unemployment in central Ohio in January was at its highest level in nearly 27 years, flirting with double digits for the first time since 1983, according to figures released by the state Wednesday.
Personnel records show the OSU janitor who shot two supervisors, killing one of them before killing himself, early yesterday morning was going to be fired on Saturday.
OSU officials say they are pleased with the response time of university police officers and their campus emergency alert system in the wake of a shooting that left two men, including the gunman, dead.
Columbus City Schools officials say the latest financial review by the state auditor indicates steps the district is taking to improve its accounting are paying dividends.
An OSU maintenance employee opened fire on co-workers this morning, killing one and injuring another before turning the gun on himself, university officials said.
E-Mail Story
Print Story
