The Daily Numbers: 415 million dollar project at 9th and Packer that snagged the prized 2nd casino license in Philly yesterday.
2,000 slot machines and 125 table games at the facility, across the street from the stadium complex at the old Holiday Inn site.
300 room hotel, 2,600 parking spaces included.
12 miles up I-95 from Harrah’s in Chester, which opposed the move.
19 percent dip in table games revenue at Harrah’s in October.
4.9 million dollars today, down from $6 million a year ago.
15 months, how long officials believe it will take Live! to be open for business once the shovels hit the ground.
44,000 dollars, how much police believe a Prospect Park woman swindled from an 84-year-old man. She didn’t show up in court yesterday. Her attorney says she has been hospitalized.
5 to 15 years in state prison for the leader of the Preppie Pot Ring on the Main Line.
11 people involved in the ring, which dubbed itself the Main Line Take Over. They all entered pleas in the case.
135 dollars, value of package stolen from an Upper Darby porch by a man carrying a child. It’s that time of year, and police are warning of thieves that follow delivery trucks into neighborhoods to steal packages left on doorsteps.
55, age of woman on trial this week for allegedly stealing more than $600,000 from her employer in Aston.
2 people facing charges in a gunfight in Chester Township.
22 degrees, our low this morning.
20, the record, set back in 1936.
43, expected high later today.
70, what we might hit on Monday.
4 feet of snow that has buried some parts of western New York.
6 people believed dead in the storm.
2 more feet of snow that could fall before the storm clears.
50 news stores coming to the King of Prussia Mall.
4 people killed in an attack on synagogue in Jerusalem.
Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
The Sixers actually might get a win tonight, when they play the Celtics at the Wells Fargo Center. Boston is 3-6. The Sixers are 0-10. How far these two fabled franchises have fallen.
I Don’t Get It: The porn scandal in the attorney general’s office just got uglier, if that’s possible. Attorney General Kathleen Kane now says some of the images swapped by her employees involved children. Nice.
Today’s Upper: Kudos to the people of Buffalo, N.Y. I have no idea how they survive winter.
Quote Box: “This is the least desirable application for Harrah’s.”
- County Councilman John McBlain, reacting to news that a second casino license in the city had been awarded for a spot at the South Philly sports complex.
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