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Town Responds to Pocono Downs Expansion

PENNSYLVANIA – As reported by the Pennsylvania Citizens Voice: "Plains Township Planning Commission got to weigh in Thursday night on plans for expansion of the Pocono Downs to include a 400,000 square foot slot machine casino.

"Attorneys Mark Van Loon and Matthew Turowski, representing the Connecticut-based Mohegan Sun Tribal Gaming Authority, and engineer Joe Mullen of Clough, Harborough and Associates, presented informal sketch plans to the commission for comment.

"…In December, Penn National Gaming Inc. sold the 400-acre harness race track to Mohegan Sun for $280 million.

"The property is already zoned for the proposed casino, so all Mohegan Sun will have to do is get land development approval from the township, Turowski said.

"…A proposed 4,000-car parking lot close to the Hudson section of Plains could cause issues with lighting projection, Yozwiak pointed out…"

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