DAYTON -- Officials from Penn National Gaming, and community leaders officially broke ground this morning on the $125 million Hollywood at Dayton Raceway racino, planned at a former auto factory at Needmore and Wagner Ford roads.
The combined horse racing and casino complex is expected to include 1,500 video lottery terminals, which operated like slots machines, a 5/8-mile track, a climate-controlled grandstand and a simulcast wagering theater.
âThis formal groundbreaking is just the beginning of a process that will lead up to the grand opening of Hollywood at Dayton Raceway next year," said Tim Wilmott, President and COO of Penn National. "But more than that, it is the beginning of what we foresee as a new era of economic development for the Dayton area.â
The project is expected to cost $125 million and create 1,000 construction jobs and then 1,000 casino jobs. It should open by mid-summer 2014.
Penn National also held a groundbreaking ceremony today for a racino project planned in the Youngstown area.
The combined horse racing and casino complex is expected to include 1,500 video lottery terminals, which operated like slots machines, a 5/8-mile track, a climate-controlled grandstand and a simulcast wagering theater.
âThis formal groundbreaking is just the beginning of a process that will lead up to the grand opening of Hollywood at Dayton Raceway next year," said Tim Wilmott, President and COO of Penn National. "But more than that, it is the beginning of what we foresee as a new era of economic development for the Dayton area.â
The project is expected to cost $125 million and create 1,000 construction jobs and then 1,000 casino jobs. It should open by mid-summer 2014.
Penn National also held a groundbreaking ceremony today for a racino project planned in the Youngstown area.