Opinion
J-59-2015 J-60-2015 No. 175 EM 2014 No. 176 EM 2014
03-29-2016
SUGARHOUSE HSP GAMING, LP, Appellant v. PENNSYLVANIA GAMING CONTROL BOARD, Appellee STADIUM CASINO, LLC, Intervenor-Appellee MARKET EAST ASSOCIATES. LP, Petitioner v. PENNSYLVANIA GAMING CONTROL BOARD, Respondent STADIUM CASINO, LLC, Intervenor
Appeal from the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board's November 18, 2014 Order granting Stadium Casino, LLC's Application for Licensure as a Category 2 Slot Machine Licensee in the City of Philadelphia ORDER PER CURIAM
AND NOW, this 29th day of March, 2016, for the reasons expressed in the accompanying Opinion, the Order of the Gaming Control Board Court is hereby AFFIRMED in part, VACATED in part, and the matter is REMANDED for further proceedings on the following issues. First, regarding the question of the eligibility of Stadium Casino, LLC ("Stadium") to apply for a Category 2 slot machine license under 4 Pa.C.S. § 1304(a), the Board is directed to consider whether Watche Manoukian, as an affiliate of Stadium, was eligible to apply for a Category 1 slot machine license at the time Stadium applied for the Category 2 slot machine license which is the subject of this appeal. Second, the Board is directed to consider whether the financial interest, if any, Manoukian may have in Stadium due to certain financial transactions and commitments of financial support he made during the application process violates the prohibitions in 4 Pa.C.S. § 1330. Specifically, the Board should consider whether Manoukian, by virtue [redacted] through any other financial transaction, would possess, post-licensure, a financial interest in Stadium in excess of the 33.3% threshold established by Section 1330.
Jurisdiction relinquished.