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By Len Lazarick | Maryland Reporter
ANNAPOLIS — The manager of the Hollywood Casino in Perryville is asking the state to take back 400 to 500 video lottery terminals, saying it has lost 40 percent of its business since Maryland Live! opened at Arundel Mills in June.
In a letter to state and local elected officials Friday, Bill Hayles, vice president and general manager of the first slots casino to open in Maryland, said, “We are making this adjustment now in response to the impact of Maryland Live! as well as in anticipation of Baltimore’s opening, as we expect that Baltimore will have an even greater impact on Perryville’s revenues than Anne Arundel has thus far.”
Hayles said the Cecil County facility, built and owned by Penn National Gaming, is generating far less money than the state estimated in 2008, and the current loss of business could snowball into even further loss of customer traffic.
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