Lombardi’s, America’s first pizzeria from the streets of Little Italy, has chosen Parx Casino® as its second location. Along with the Xcite Center, Parx Casino® will launch two new dining concepts as part of this expansion.

The custom designed seating for over 1,500 guests will allow the venue to be reconfigured for thrilling live entertainment performances and countless special events. The venue will be highlighted by the latest cutting edge technology, including advanced modern lighting, two 16-feet by 9-feet video screens, the highest level professional grade sound system available and advanced engineered acoustics.

The all new Xcite Center will bring some of the hottest acts in show business to the region. It will feature two new restaurants, an exclusive poker room and the crown jewel of the project, a multipurpose state-of-the-art live entertainment venue, appropriately named Xcite Center. Slated to open in winter 2017/2018, the new expansion will add 45,000 square feet of space totaling the property footprint to 375,000 square feet. This expansion will create over 200 new full time jobs in the Bucks County and Philadelphia regions, making Parx Casino® one of the largest employers in Bucks County with over 2,500 employees. No word yet on whether the dough will rise on his appeal.Parx Casino®, Pennsylvania’s #1 casino, has announced today a $50 million expansion plan designed to add exciting new amenities and entertainment to the region. 'Everybody's going to make the assumption that I'm mobbed up, and it's not true.' Instead, it opened a pizzeria under the name Oliveto earlier this year.Įver since, Giammarino has been attempting to clear his name, and has challenged the decision, adds, quoting the 53-year-old pizza maker as saying: writes Parx paid Giammarino $155,000 for his investment but dropped Lombardi's.

The pizza business, owned by Michael Giammarino, was to have a new home inside the Parx casino in Bensalem, Pa., but the deal was blocked for an alleged reason seemingly ripped from a rejected Godfather script.Īccording to, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board moved to revoke Giammarinoâ€™s permit, with state investigators saying he and his pizza shop were unsuitable to be a gaming service provider â€œdue to his associations with reputed organized crime members.â€

Lombardiâ€™s is billed as Americaâ€™s oldest pizzeria, founded in New Yorkâ€™s Little Italy. Lombardiâ€™s pizzeria was to have a new home inside the Parx casino in Bensalem, Pa., but the deal was blocked for a reason seemingly ripped from a rejected Godfather script.

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