A large portion of the 22-acre casino site along the DelawareRiver is on submerged land. According to published reports, theCommerce Department negotiated a 99-year lease at $282,270 a yearwith HSP for that portion of the site. In the court complaint, thelawmakers contend that the commonwealth owns submerged land onnavigable waterways, and only the state legislature has theauthority to lease it or sell it.
This move follows within weeks, a ruling by the same court,which granted HSP's request that the City and related entities moveforward with the permits and documents necessary to allowconstruction to begin, as GlobeSt.comreported. Calls to Rep. William Keller, who led the effort; arepresentative of HSP Gaming, and Welsh & Recker, the law firmrepresenting the lawmakers, were not returned by deadline.
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