A 25-year-old gaming veteran will lead the expansion of two new casinos in Pennsylvania, adding the upcoming Hempfield mini-casino.
Joe Billhimer has been named executive vice president of Cordish Gaming Group, a department of the Maryland-based Cordish Companies, which owns the $150 million casino under structure at Westmoreland Mall. In his position, Billhimer will oversee the development as well as the allocation that is expected to open in Philadelphia next year.
“I know it’s going to work very well,” Billhimer said of the Westmoreland project. “I think it will be an integral component of Westmoreland Mall. It will be an integral component of Westmoreland’s networked paintings, and I think you’ll see Live! And how we take the component into the paintings as a real component in many ways.”
Billhimer was in the past president of MTR Gaming, founded in Wexford. MTR Gaming eventually merged with Eldorado Resorts Inc., where he served as Chief Operating Officer in Reno, Nevada. Billhimer has held executive positions at Foundation Gaming Group, Caesars Entertainment’s Grand Casino Resort and Magic Bay Casino in Missouri.
He also painted as general manager of Premier Entertainment, where he evolved and then redeveloped the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Biloxi after its destruction by Hurricane Katrina. He was named “Executive of the Year” through the Casino Journal for his paintings at the establishment.
“I’ve never opened two houses at once, yet it’s a singular statement,” he said. “We have two wonderful groups in both spaces and super from our aspect of the company. It’s not like we’re all doing it alone.”
The Hempfield facility is expected to open before Thanksgiving. It will feature 750 slot machines and about 30 board games. Restaurants and entertainment will be incorporated into the space, Sports and Social Steel City, a two-level sports dining venue and a 450-seat social lounge. More than 500 seats have been filled lately.
Live! The Casino – Hotel Philadelphia has a structure in the South Philadelphia Stadium District. The 1.5 million square foot facility will feature 200 slot machines, more than 150 board games, a bookmaker, restaurants and entertainment, and a 12-story hotel with more than two hundred rooms.
The allocation is expected to bring $100 million in tax revenue to the city in the first five years, adding $25 million to the Philadelphia School District.
“We will be the casino operating in a domain with four primary sports teams,” Billhimer said.
Rob Norton, president of cordish Gaming Group, added: “We join Joe and his team in our enthusiasm to usher in a new era for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania with projects that will have a positive effect on surrounding communities through economic development strategies, employment opportunities and philanthropy. Initiatives. »
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