The Palms in Las Vegas reopening, a possible Live! Casino coming to Orlando, and two, separate purchases of online gaming companies in the US and Italy are just a few of the blinds and antes CardsChat picked up during another orbit around the poker world over the past week. A developer wants to build a Live! Casino outside of Orlando. (Image: The Cordish Companies) New Casino proposed in Orlando
A Florida businessman is partnering with The Cordish Companies to turn an old jai lai fronton into a casino with a poker room in a suburb of Orlando.
Richard Birdoff, president of New York City-based RD Management, which owns the fronton building and the 40 acres surrounding it, wants to add a Live! Casino and poker room to plans for apartments, condos, retail, and office space in Fern Park, Florida.
Voters in Seminole County must approve the plans for the Live! Oxford Center in a referendum. Lawyers for the RD Management and The Cordish Company will ask county officials to place the referendum on November’s General Election ballot in the upcoming months. RD Management already submitted plans to the county to redevelop the blighted land with 1,100 apartments and 72,000 square feet of commercial space soon after it bought the property for $2.5 million in 2010, according to the Orlando Sentinel .
Plans have stalled as the county has been slow to replace sewage and water lines needed to handle such a large development. The Cordsih Companies owns or manages dozens of casinos and entertainment facilities across the country, and a new Live! Casino poker room just opened outside of Pittsburgh last week. Palms sale completed, casino reopening in early 2022
The Nevada Gaming Commission approved the $650 million sale of The Palms to the San Manuel Gaming and Hospitality Authority from Red Rock Resorts during its regular meeting this month.
Closed since March of 2020, it will reopen in February or March 2022, according to a company representative.
San Manuel Gaming and Hospitality Authority, owned by the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, initiated the purchase in May. The company operates the Yaamava’ Resort […]
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