William Weimer, vice president and general counsel for Phantom, said the company is still completing its application and will submit it when it is ready. The entity, Phantom Fireworks, was not considered for approval at Wednesday’s meeting. The Business Journal contacted Kevin Brogan, marketing director of Hollywood Gaming in Austintown, for comment about the racino’s plans to create sports betting operations, but did not receive a reply in time for this article.Ī second Mahoning Valley entity is seeking only a Type B license to operate a sports gaming facility at Covelli Centre. Hollywood Gaming Mahoning Valley had no trouble getting approval for Type A and B licenses.

“We are cranking through them at a good clip.” “Some that were not approved today is just because we didn’t get to them yet,” she said. Jessica Franks, spokeswoman for the casino commission, said Type C applications are still being processed and more will be approved in the near future. Type C applicants must already be licensed by the state lottery commission, hold a liquor license and meet certain other requirements. “We do not have the time or capability to carry them across the finish line,” Schuler said, noting the commission went to great lengths to make the process simple and to provide all necessary information. If correct applications are not received by that time, those applicants will not be eligible for licenses when the law goes into effect, Schuler said. The deadline for these bars and restaurants was extended until Oct. Matthew Schuler, executive director of the commission, noted that about a third of the 850 applicants statewide for Type C licenses filed incomplete applications. Coaches Burger Bar, Poland, Austintown, East Liverpool, and Salem.Local bars and restaurants granted licenses were: The commission also approved 300 Type C licenses Wednesday, adding to the 200 that it approved at a previous meeting. It deferred a decision on two applicants: The Cincinnati Bengals and FC Cincinnati soccer club. The commission also approved on-site, or Type B, and online, or Type A, sports betting licenses for Jack Cleveland Casino, Jack Thistledown racino, the Cleveland Browns, Columbus Crew soccer club, MVGC Subsidiary (Muirfield Village Golf Club) in Dublin, The Cincinnati Reds, and Toledo Gaming Ventures (Hollywood Casino).

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