“We’re hoping to be able to bring it back in the first half of next year. One of the only sections of Parx that has yet to reopen is the Xcite Center, which has welcomed high-profile artists like Rascal Flatts and Daughtry over the last two years. You can’t just go in and stand around, and can’t mingle at the bar, which is closed.” “You can come in and place a bet at a teller or kiosk, sit and watch the game. “It’s been pretty busy for NFL Sundays and college football Saturdays,” said Oppenheimer. This space, located right next to the Beer Garden, has every other chair blocked off to ensure social distancing. On game days, there are two giant LED TV walls in the Beer Garden, as well as sports-betting kiosks for those who want to place a wager.Īdditionally, Parx Casino’s Sportsbook is open, where sports lovers can watch dozens of games at once on a 156-foot-long screen. We open at 5 p.m., except for Sundays, we open at noon in time for football.” “On weekends, we’ve been seeing 60- and 90-minute waits at peak times,” he said, adding that reservations are available through OpenTable. It’s set up now to operate more like a restaurant space rather than a bar space.”Īccording to Oppenheimer, the local response to the adapted Beer Garden has been great. Whereas it used to be very much a beer garden-type setup with big communal tables and lots of space to walk around, now it’s individual two-tops and four-tops that are socially-distant from each other. The major adjustment that we’ve made is changing up the setup of it furniture-wise. “It was made to be potentially an outdoor space. “We’ve always had that option,” Oppenheimer said of the retractable features. The Beer Garden boasts a retractable roof and two retractable walls, which can be opened and closed depending on the weather, allowing it to transition between an indoor and outdoor space, or both simultaneously. I would expect that it will be reopened before the end of the year.”Īt the Beer Garden, located behind the Gastropub, guests can enjoy a rotating selection of all-American craft beers, wines and specialty cocktails chef-inspired dishes and pub fare and a roomy 7,600-square-foot space, which includes 10-foot-long fire pits. It’s just a matter of, does it happen in the next few weeks or does it happen closer to the end of the year. “As restrictions become a little looser and as we see more need, we will reopen the Gastropub. As opposed to being a bar/snack menu pre-COVID, it’s now the full Gastropub menu,” said Parx Casino’s chief marketing officer Marc Oppenheimer. “We’ve taken what was the Liberty Bell Gastropub menu and are serving it in the Beer Garden.

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