Penn National Gaming is looking to Plainville for a reprieve and a shot at the sole slots parlor license in the state, a Plainville town official said a day after voters in Tewksbury shot down the company's slots proposal there.
"There are discussions going on as we speak," Plainville Town Administrator Joe Fernandes told the Herald yesterday. "They're an applicant without a location and we're a location without an applicant."
Tewksbury residents rejected zoning changes Tuesday that would have allowed Penn National's $200 million slots parlor plan, which included a restaurant proposal by former BC star and CFL and NFL player Doug Flutie, to move forward.
Fernandes said the Pennsylvania company is in talks with the owners of Plainridge Racecourse, who were disqualified earlier this month from seeking the slots parlor license by the state Gaming Commission, citing systemic issues including a lack of attention to detail and interest in running a casino.
The owners of Plainridge are now exploring other options, including leasing or selling the property.
A spokesman for Plainridge declined to comment. A spokesman for Penn National declined to comment on talks about any new locations.
"Penn National is going to take a step back and take some time to determine what, if any, options they want to consider in Massachusetts," spokesman Will Keyser said.
Penn National is slated to go before the state Gaming Commission later this month for a suitability hearing to determine if it qualifies to move ahead with a slots proposal and Keyser said the company will continue with that process. Gaming Commission spokeswoman Elaine Driscoll said the commission has no problem holding the hearing if that is what Penn National wants to do.
Plainville has left the door open for another company to come in, deciding to go ahead with a town-wide referendum Sept. 10 despite the lack of a slots partner.
Driscoll said the town is welcome to find another partner.
"The gaming statute allows for a considerable amount of local control at this point in the process," she said.
Three other proposals have been qualified by the commission to move ahead on slots proposals — Raynham Park; Mass Gaming & Entertainment, a subsidiary of Rush Street Gaming; and PPE Casino Resorts, affiliated with Baltimore-based Cordish Cos.
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