“I would be remiss if I failed to acknowledge the terrific construction team from Rudolph Libbe and its many subcontractors.
The project owner was extremely pleased with the work on by trade members. In addition to constructing the casino, the CCOBCTC also hosted job fairs to assist in local hiring and recruitment initiatives. The region’s most highly-skilled and highly-trained construction workforce turned what was once a 44-acre brownfield site that formerly housed a Delphi Automotive Plant into Ohio’s largest casino.įour hundred building trade members safely constructed the $400 million Hollywood Casino Columbus building, measuring 285,000-square-foot, in one year.īuilding trade members worked on an accelerated schedule to meet and exceed the demand to open the facility in early October 2012. Not only did the trades keep their word, they exceeded expectation and finished construction ahead of schedule and under budget. Penn National Gaming hit the jackpot by having their Hollywood Casino Columbus built under a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) by the Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades.īy signing a PLA with the region’s building trades, Penn National knew the casino would be built on time and on budget, without any labor stoppages. Hollywood Casino Columbus Union construction crews worked under a PLA
