About 300 people attend hearing on slot machine license in Hillsville, Pa.

Slots license hearing

HILLSVILLE, Pa. — There is apparently no opposition to plans to open a casino at a proposed harness racinig track here.

About 300 people attended a public hearing at at the Mahoning Township Community Center, on U.S. Route 224)on whether to grant a slot machine license to the proposed Valley View Downs harness racing track.

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board set the hearing to give a chance for local government officials, community organizations and individuals to comment on the application that would allow operation of 3,000 slot machines at the proposed $420 million harness racing facility on 250 acres off U.S. Route 422 near Pa. Route 551.

No one at today’s hearing opposed the plan.

Only one person from Ohio attended, the mayor of Lowellville, Ohio.

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