“What this venue really is about is opening up reasons to visit here for people who hadn’t thought to visit before.” That’s competition on the casino side, and we’re prepared to handle that.

“Yes, online gaming is coming, and there is a South Philly property coming. “We felt like, now that we’ve been here for 10 years, the people who want to gamble have found Parx,” said Oppenheimer. The state’s Gaming Control Board numbers for November ranks Parx second, just shy of the Sands Casino in Bethlehem.Ĭhief marketing officer Mark Oppenheimer said he is confident in Parx gaming revenue this new concert venue is a play to attract nongamblers. Parx is one of the state’s best-performing casinos, in terms of gaming revenue. The Xcite Center is opening just as the regional gaming industry is tightening up, with a new casino about to be built in South Philadelphia and Pennsylvania allowing online gaming. This relatively intimate 1,500-seat venue offers a high-quality room with an easy production workflow. The kind of acts already booked into the venue through mid-summer – including Reba McEntire, Wayne Brady, Third Eye Blind, and Rascal Flatts - are accustomed to playing arenas and stadiums for 50,000 or 60,000 people. The crew’s lounge is equipped with laundry facilities. The performers get posh suites, while the road crew can pull production trucks into dedicated docks built to standard loading height.

He designed the backstage to be as comfortable as the front of house so everyone goes away happy. WHYY thanks our sponsors - become a WHYY sponsorīefore coming to Parx, Powell had a career touring Broadway musicals, learning a thing or two about the logistics of working the road.

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