IF PHILADELPHIA bids on the city's second casino license, the competition will be fierce.
Other likely bidders include:
* Developer Bart Blatstein, who has the highest profile in the bidding, is pitching a casino on the former site of the Daily News and Inquirer at Broad and Callowhill streets.
* The Goldenberg Group of Blue Bell is expected to apply for the license to build a casino on a parking lot at 8th and Market streets.
* Parkway Corp., which operates parking garages in the city, is working on an application for one of its many locations.
* Baltimore-based Cordish Cos. announced last week that it would partner with the owner of the Parx casino in Bensalem for a casino on Packer Avenue near 10th street.
* Casino developer Steve Wynn told the Inquirer on Thursday that he wants to build a casino along the Delaware River in Fishtown.
The second casino license is available because of actions Wynn took in 2010. He agreed to partner with a group of local investors who held the license but were stalled on building a South Philly casino. Wynn dropped out of the project seven weeks later. The state Gaming Control Board revoked the license in December 2010.
- Chris Brennan
