By: KDKA-TV News Staff. (KDKA) – Guy Fieri’s American Kitchen + Bar is coming to Live!Casino Pittsburgh in Westmoreland County. The Emmy award-winning chef and TV personality. The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board was created in 2004 to regulate slot machines and casino gambling in the state. Table games were added in July 2010. The gaming board has licensed 11 slot machine casinos to operate in the state. Three of these casinos are Harness Race Tracks and three others are Thoroughbred Race Tracks. McKeesport gambling ring. Ronald 'Porky' Melocchi – is an associate of the Pittsburgh family and leader of the 'McKeesport gambling ring'. In 2013, Melocchi was indicted along with Jeffery Risha, Rodney Iannelli and fourteen others on illegal gambling charges.

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The Meadows Racetrack and Casino

210 Racetrack Road
Washington, Pa. 15301
(724) 503-1200
www.meadowsgaming.com
A world-class entertainment destination and home of Pennsylvania’s largest jackpot ever paid, The Meadows Casino features 81 table games and more than 3,100 slot machines, along with a high limit slots area and table games room featuring exceptional service in a relaxing, upscale setting.

Beyond the casino floor, dining options include premier restaurants (Bistecca Steakhouse and Wine Bar, Delvin’s Trackside, The Carvery) with spectacular views of the gaming floor and racetrack, along with an array of food court selections.

The Meadows Racetrack features live harness racing approximately 200 days of the year viewable from the grandstand or one of the many luxurious VIP suites. The facility also hosts a full simulcast schedule from premier tracks across the country.

Other amenities include a 24-lane bowling center for all ages, a banquet facility and live entertainment at Headliners and Vibe. Summer entertainment is enhanced with live professional boxing, mixed martial arts and an outdoor concert series featuring national acts such as Larry the Cable Guy, Huey Lewis & The News and Patti LaBelle.

Acting through its affiliate, Stadium Casino Westmoreland RE LLC, The Cordish Cos. has broken ground on the 100,000-square-foot Live! Casino located 30 miles outside downtown Pittsburgh in Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County, Pa. Cordish will spend $150 million to bring the gaming destination to fruition.

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Live! Casino will take shape at the 1.3 million-square-foot Westmoreland Mall development, taking over the space that had been home to a Bon-Ton department store until summer 2018. Upon completion, the gaming facility will feature restaurants, including the newly announced 445-seat Sports & Social Steel City, as well as live entertainment venues. The property’s gaming segment will offer approximately 750 slots and 30 live action table games. “The Pittsburgh gaming market is up 4.3 percent year-to-date through September, driven by revenue improvements in table games,” Brent Pirosch, director of gaming consulting with CBRE’s Global Gaming Group, told Commercial Property Executive. Live! Casino will also provide a Sportsbook, which has proven a popular offering in the state. During the first six months of 2019, Pennsylvania recorded $18.8 million of sports wagering revenue at casinos, according to a report by CBRE.

Cordish has tapped Mascaro Construction Co. to serve as general contractor for Live! Casino. The project will bring 960 direct and indirect construction jobs to the area, in addition to 500 permanent positions upon its completion.

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The Live! Casino groundbreaking comes nearly two years after Cordish emerged victorious in an auction to develop a Category 4 casino in Westmoreland County. The Gaming Expansion Act of 2017 authorized the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board to award up to 10 licenses for Category 4, or satellite, casinos across the state. Other auction winners include Mountainview Thoroughbred Racing Association LLC, which has received approval to begin construction of a satellite casino roughly 50 miles outside Philadelphia in Caernarvon Township, Berks County. Mountainview, a subsidiary of Penn National Gaming, also won the bid to build a project near Harrisburg in Springettsbury Township, York County.

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During the first half of 2019, Pennsylvania ranked second only to Nevada for gaming revenue by state, with nearly $1.7 billion in gross revenue. On the metro level, Philadelphia had the seventh-highest gaming revenue in the country, while Pittsburgh took the No. 12 spot, with one particular property accounting for a significant share. “The existing Rivers Casino is the market leader in Pittsburgh, representing more than 45 percent of the total gaming revenue in the market,” Pirosch said. If all goes as planned, Live! Casino will make its debut by the end of 2020.