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That's because Cordish battled numerous opponents, including the Maryland Jockey Club, which had sought to steer the license to Laurel Park race course in an attempt to boost the track's ailing business . A legal fight moved to a countywide ballot referendum, in which voters affirmed last fall Cordish's right to build the casino at the mall.
With the tumult behind it, Cordish Cos. is moving on. The first phase of Maryland Live! Casino, with 3,000 slot machines and electronic table-game terminals, is on track to open in June. And the entire $500 million casino is expected to open by the end of 2012.
Maryland Live! is expected to be the largest and most lucrative of the state's five planned casinos. One in Perryville and another in the Eastern Shore are now open, while state officials are considering bids for one slots parlor each in Baltimore City and in Western Maryland.
"We're excited to get this place opened," said Maryland Live! casino general manager Robert J. Norton, a gambling industry veteran who was hired in March to oversee all aspects of the facility's operations.
And you tie that all together with arguably one of the best locations in the country, between Baltimore and Washington, at Arundel Mills where you have the convenience of all the amenities right next to us.
We realize that there are natural synergies that exist with the local hotels and other business along the Arundel Mills area and the proximity to BWI [airport] to have a prominent presence in the tourism market.
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