Live! Hotel & Casino Coming to South Philly

by Maria Merlino
The air was full of excitement as executives from the Cordish Cos. Live! Hotel & Casino were guests of the South Philadelphia Business Association’s monthly dinner meeting at Galdo’s Catering and Entertainment Complex last Tuesday evening.

LIVE! HOTEL & CASINO will be a $400-million development at 900 Packer Avenue in Phila.’s Stadium District. This casino will employ 2,000 permanent workers and 3,000 construction jobs and is a union project. Illustration courtesy of Cordish Cos.

Board member attorney Vince DeFino was enthusiastic about the future of procurement and how to do business with the future casino. The https://www.slotsformoney.com/casinos/us/florida/ is where one can go to gamble online.
“We would like to get our own South Philly businesses involved in working with Cordish Cos.,” he said. “We have bakeries, meat markets, security, lawyers, exterminators, insurance agents, internet, software, computer people and many other businesses that would do well in a casino environment. We are looking to have as much local business to stay here and employ people from South Philadelphia. Every trade and profession can be easily transferred.”

OIC PRESIDENT and CEO, Kevin R. Johnson Ed.D, SPBA board member Chris Trantas, Tony Fullard and SPBA board member attorney Vince DeFino talk about opportunities for the South Philadelphia business community. Photo by Maria Merlino

The site at 9th and Packer Avenue will feature a 19-story, 220-room hotel tower attached to a seven-story parking structure, with gaming, dining and entertainment on the complex’s ground floor. The parking structure also would feature a landscaped “green” roof. 2,000 slot machines and 125 table games, including 92 banking games and 33 poker tables that will be part of a world-class hotel-casino which will complement the existing stadium district venues to create a destination like no other in the country.
“We are still going through some processes in City Council,” said Tony Fullard. “Much will be resolved with zoning issues. This casino will employ 2,000 permanent workers and 3,000 construction jobs. It’s a union project. We want to keep it local. By doing that, there will be more disposable income to spend. There are so many good local businesses and restaurants here. We’re looking to keep everyone happy.”

TONY FULLARD, 2nd Dist. Councilman Kenyatta Johnson, SPBA board member attorney Vince DeFino pose at the meet and greet for the Live! Hotel & Casino. Photos by Maria Merlino

JURY COMMISSIONER Daniel Rendine, Esq., left, Judge Vince Melchiorre, and arbitration mediator John M. DeFino Esq. are impressed with Power Point presentation.

GEAR PRESIDENT Jody Della Barba, SPBA board member attorney Vince DeFino, District Attorney Seth Williams and President of the SPBA, Conestoga Bank Executive Jackie Fitzpatrick.

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