Work is scheduled to begin this fall on a 200-room hotel next to Hollywood Casino Columbus on the West Side, fulfilling a long desire for a hotel on the site.
Penn Entertainment, the casino’s operator and developer, first discussed adding a hotel to the property even before the casino opened in October 2012.
While hotels are commonly part of casinos, this would be the first hotel with one of Ohio’s four main casinos, although Jack Casino in Cleveland and the Hard Rock Casino in Cincinnati partner with neighboring downtown hotels.
Hollywood Casino’s nearest partner hotel — the Hilliard Holiday Inn — is more than 5 miles away.
