PROVIDENCE, R.I., Jan. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Bally’s Company (NYSE: BALY) in the present day introduced that it has signed a framework settlement with Ira Lubert to collectively design, develop, assemble and handle a Class 4 licensed on line casino. The Pennsylvania Gaming Management Board just lately awarded Lubert the suitable to use for a Class 4 slot machine license for a on line casino to be situated inside a 15-mile radius of Unionville Borough, Centre County, Pennsylvania.
Building of the on line casino is predicted to start the primary half of 2021 and can take roughly one 12 months to finish. Topic to receipt of all relevant regulatory approvals, it’s going to home as much as 750 slot machines and 30 desk video games. The on line casino may even present, topic to receipt of separate licenses and certificates, retail sports activities betting, on-line sports activities betting and on-line gaming.
“Increasing our quickly rising, nationwide footprint into the engaging Pennsylvania gaming market represents one more main milestone for Bally’s and an effective way to cap off a very extraordinary 12 months,” stated George Papanier, President and Chief Government Officer of Bally’s Company. “Regional, land-based casinos stay the cornerstone of our portfolio diversification technique, offering the required help for the expansion, improvement and success of our future sports activities betting and iGaming initiatives. We sit up for combining our personal confirmed monitor report of greenfield improvement with Ira Lubert’s native data and experience to deliver Bally’s first-in-class gaming expertise and facilities to prospects and sports activities followers throughout Pennsylvania.”
Papanier continued, “Ira is an skilled actual property developer with important ties to the higher Centre County neighborhood and a confirmed monitor report in Pennsylvania gaming. We sit up for working with Ira, not solely to construct and develop the power, however to contribute to the encompassing neighborhood.”
Bally’s estimates the overall value of the undertaking, together with development, licensing and sports activities betting/iGaming operations, to be roughly $120 million. Bally’s will purchase a majority fairness curiosity within the partnership, together with 100% of the financial pursuits of all retail sports activities betting, on-line sports activities betting and iGaming actions related to the undertaking.
Ira Lubert stated, “I’m excited to have Bally’s as our companion to enhance our imaginative and prescient, business expertise and financing capabilities. Collectively, I imagine we’ll make this transformative undertaking profitable for all stakeholders and sit up for the constructive impression the redevelopment may have on the neighborhood.”
The transaction is topic to receipt of required regulatory approvals, working certificates and different customary closing circumstances.
Advisors
Jones Day acted as authorized counsel and Innovation Capital, LLC acted as monetary advisor to Bally’s, and DLA Piper acted as authorized counsel to Lubert, on the transaction.
About Bally’s Company
Bally’s Company at present owns and manages 11 casinos throughout seven states, a horse racetrack, and 13 approved OTB licenses in Colorado. With greater than 5,900 workers, the Firm’s operations embrace 13,260 slot machines, 459 recreation tables and a couple of,941 resort rooms. Properties embrace Twin River On line casino Resort (Lincoln, RI), Tiverton On line casino Resort (Tiverton, RI), Onerous Rock Resort & On line casino (Biloxi, MS), On line casino Vicksburg (Vicksburg, MS), Dover Downs Resort & On line casino (Dover, DE), Bally’s Atlantic Metropolis (Atlantic Metropolis, NJ), Eldorado Resort On line casino Shreveport (Shreveport, LA), On line casino KC (Kansas Metropolis, MO), Golden Gates On line casino (Black Hawk, CO), Golden Gulch On line casino (Black Hawk, CO), Mardi Gras On line casino (Black Hawk, CO), and Arapahoe Park racetrack (Aurora, CO). Following the completion of pending acquisitions, which embrace Tropicana Evansville (Evansville, IN), Jumer’s On line casino & Resort (Rock Island, IL), and MontBleu Resort On line casino & Spa (Lake Tahoe, NV), in addition to the development of a land-based on line casino close to the Nittany Mall in State School, PA, Bally’s will personal and handle 15 casinos throughout 11 states. Its shares commerce on the New York Inventory Trade underneath the ticker image “BALY.”
About Ira Lubert
Lubert is a widely known actual property and personal fairness investor, whose tasks embrace a minority founding funding in Rivers On line casino Pittsburgh and the event of the Valley Forge On line casino Resort close to Philadelphia, PA.
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