The Meadows Casino in Pennsylvania Undergoing Name Change
The Meadows Racetrack and Casino in horse opera Pennsylvania will before long follow known under a young identity. It’s one that longtime gamblers crosswise the commonwealth testament easily recognize.
Penn National Gaming, the oldest gaming operator in Pennsylvania, gained the operations of The Meadows in 2018 through the company’s acquisition of Pinnacle Entertainment. Penn’s existent acres investiture bank — Gaming and Leisure Properties — purchased The Meadows’ physical assets inwards 2014.
More than trine years after taking o'er the casino’s operations, Penn National says it’s time to add together its Hollywood identity operator to the gaming property. Beginning this Friday, October 15, the Washington, Pa., casino will follow officially known as Hollywood Casino at The Meadows.
Meadows Makeover
Speaking with the Observer-Reporter, Rahul Kaushik, vice chair of marketing at The Meadows, says cassino guests testament find a great deal to a greater extent than simply a unexampled identity.
This is more than a identify change,” Kaushik declared. “It has been a journey since 2019. This is a key milepost inward the modulation to our rebranding. Hollywood Casino is the flagship brandmark of Penn National.”
As for unexampled amenities and offerings, Kaushik points to the cassino undergoing many recent changes. That includes a young sportsbook and updated h Lounge. He adds that the belatedly 2019 modernise of the former intellectual nourishment judicature into The Eatery is another major modification that many guests haven’t in time experienced because of the pandemic. The Eatery offers Phoebe restaurants inward one. The Meadows is also rest home to vi full-service restaurants.
The Meadows plans to bear several promotional events during the Hollywood implementation. This Saturday, Oct 16, the gambling casino will pay forth $100,000 worth of prizes, the star being a young Mercedes-Benz.
Food trucks, local musicians, and hourly treasure drawings will run for from 2 pm to 7 pm. The festivities testament feature film fireworks at dusk.
“We assign a lot of promotions behind the identify change,” Kaushik added. “We require to celebrate with people. We require to realize people that got us to this place. I’m really excited.”
Penn Dominating Pennsylvania
The Keystone State Gaming Control Board reports that The Meadows won rough $247 one thousand thousand from gamblers during the pre-pandemic 2018-19 fiscal year. That vast absolute majority — $211.95 gazillion — came from the casino’s 3,000 slot terminals.
At $247 million, The Meadows ranked No. 7 of the 12 casinos that were operating in Pennsylvania during the 2018-19 clip period. Competition has since only increased, as the commonwealth today has 15 land-based casinos operating. iGaming is additionally accessible end-to-end the body politic for players age 21 and older.
Penn National operates tercet of the 15 casinos. The gaming company will supply a quaternary Pennsylvania cassino when it opens Hollywood Casino Morgantown later this year.
Penn’s portfolio inward PA consists of Hollywood Casino at William Penn National Race Course, Hollywood Casino York, and The Meadows.
Kaushik says Penn’s rebranding The Meadows to include its signature Hollywood firebrand shows that the company is inward the track casino’s interests for the long haul.
“Penn National is putting its flagship on this property. This proves we are here to stay,” Kaushik declared.