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Gettysburg casino gets approval

GETTYSBURG, Pennsylvania – As reported by the Gettysburg Evening Sun:"Although zoning hearing board members expressed reservations over the applicant's traffic-impact study, a casino proposed near Gettysburg received approval Wednesday night.

"The Straban Township's zoning hearing board ruled Crossroads Gaming Resort and Spa is permitted by the commercial highway zoning in place at the site of the proposed slots parlor, near routes 15 and 30, as long as Crossroads meets 10 conditions.

"Developer Crossroads Gaming Resort and Spa LP has already received preliminary planning approval from the township, but it's still waiting on its most important approval – the awarding of a gambling license from the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board.

"The casino is one of five applicants for two licenses for stand-alone slots parlors outside Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.

"And Crossroads CEO David LeVan thinks the zoning approval will help show the Gaming Control Board that Crossroads is the best applicant for one of those licenses because the project can legally be built as planned.

"…But zoning hearing board members chastised the township for allowing a traffic study they considered to be subpar…"

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