casino with approximately 1,700 slot machines and 80 table games, as well as a 205-room hotel, nine restaurants or bars, a 6,000 sq. “P2E has done an exceptional job developing and managing this collection of assets, which we are very excited to acquire and plan to strategically grow in the years ahead,' said Churchill's CEO Bill Carstanjen in a statement this week.ĭel Lago opened in 2017 and includes a 96,000 sq.
Amid skyrocketing revenues from the mobile sports betting in New York, a Kentucky-based company announced Tuesday that it had acquired del Lago Resort and Casino in Seneca County.Ĭhurchill Downs Inc., a wagering and gaming entertainment company that runs the Kentucky Derby, acquired the Finger Lakes resort and casino in a $2.5 billion deal with del Lago’s current owner, Peninsula Pacific Entertainment LLC, or P2E.Īs part of the deal, Churchill will also take over Peninsula Pacific’s gaming assets in Virginia and its operation of a casino in Iowa.