Parx secured its satellite casino permit by winning the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board’s Category 4 auction round in February 2018 with a winning bid of $8.1 million. The satellite developments were initially made available only to Pennsylvania’s current casino operators. Pennsylvania authorized Category 4 mini-casinos in 2017 through its gaming expansion package. No live dealer table games will initially be offered. The facility will open with 500 slot machines and 48 electronic table game positions, plus a 100-seat restaurant and sports bar with self-service sports betting kiosks. The 73,000-square-foot Parx Shippensburg Casino is being built inside what was formerly a Lowe’s home improvement store. The company didn’t provide a specific date for the February commencement of its Shippensburg operations. Parx Casino is expanding! In February 2023, Parx will be opening another location in Shippensburg, Pa.,” the Bensalem casino posted on Facebook this week. The company is embarking on its first expansion of gaming by way of Shippensburg some 40 miles southwest of the Harrisburg capital. Parx, owned and operated by privately held Greenwood Gaming & Entertainment, runs its flagship Parx Casino north of Philadelphia in Bensalem. Parx Casino Shippensburg is set to become the fourth Category 4 “mini-casino” to open in Pennsylvania come February 2023.
