City Council voted to bar mini-casinos from Lock Haven
Although a new state act authorizes 10 mini-casinos across Pennsylvania, municipalities that do not want one are to inform the state Gaming Control Board of their decision by Dec. 31, so the city council said no mini-casinos will be allowed in Lock Haven.
Both Mayor William E. Baney III and Council Vice President Stephen L. Stevenson voted against the resolution. The mayor said he believes the concept of a mini-casino in Pennsylvania is in its infancy stage and many questions have not even been addressed yet. “The issue of whether to host one in Lock Haven hasn’t been explored either,” he said. “A casino could bring in jobs, of course, he said, but there is much more to the subject.”
Both Baney and Stevenson voted against even asking city staff to draw up this resolution in the first place. “The city does not have enough space for a mini-casino to be built here,” said the mayor.
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