The gaming board on Wednesday voted unanimously to allow Cordish to intervene, but it rejected its request for permission to “discover” information from Lubert about his financial backers or the nature of his partnership agreements. Lubert’s company denied Lubert sold ownership or control to others.
“They are simply a sour grapes competitor, raising the kinds of issues that the board has seen time and again,” Kastenberg said.The legal fight over the mini-casino license resembles another highly contested Pennsylvania casino license procedures that dragged on for years: the prolonged battle that Stadium Casino fought to get the rights to built the Live! Casino and Hotel Philadelphia.
The challenges were eventually argued before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, which resulted in a rehearing before the gaming board. The license to Cordish was reaffirmed, and the company settled its legal challenges. It later bought out the Parx share of the project and began construction in South Philadelphia in 2020.