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Philadelphia casino could be banned29 March 2007PHILADELIPHIA – As reported by the Philadelphia Inquirer: "Somehow, it just didn't come up. Amid all the lawyers, the petitions, the protests and the huge stakes, little was said about Section 14-1624 of the Philadelphia Code - which bans certain adult-oriented businesses from part of the Delaware riverfront. "Now, a City Councilman is saying it could ban the proposed SugarHouse Casino as well. "…On Monday, DiCicco and a state legislator fired off a letter to SugarHouse's president warning that the proposed casino doesn't conform with that section of the code. They made their letter public yesterday. "SugarHouse officials have received the letter and are 'reviewing it,"'spokesman Dan Fee said last night. "DiCicco said he's alerting his lawyers to the relevant section of the city code and intends to add this issue to the lawsuit Council has filed against the state Gaming Control Board over its casino site selections. Still, it was unclear yesterday just how large a challenge Section 14-1624 - approved by City Council in 2002 - actually poses to SugarHouse's plans to build a half-billion-dollar slot-machine casino along the riverfront in Fishtown…" |