“It’s been a long time coming, and we’re eager to add this new hospitality venue to our North Shore offerings.”Ĭasino officials say the project restart is expected to bring 1,400 temporary construction jobs as well as 128 new permanent jobs when the hotel opens. “We’re excited to get ‘The Landing Hotel Pittsburgh’ back underway,” said Bud Green, assistant general manager of Rivers Casino Pittsburgh. Once finished, it’s expected to have 219 guest rooms attached to the casino’s east façade, facing the Carnegie Science Center. The seven-story, four-star hotel represents a huge, privately funded undertaking for the casino which is banking on the new property bringing in more business. “’The Landing Hotel’ will be a perfect complement to Rivers Casino and a welcome new addition to Pittsburgh’s skyline.” “We’re very proud to be part of the city’s economic reboot,” said Steve Massaro, president of Massaro Corp. Steel beam framing is expected to resume within the next few days, according to a statement from the casino. It sat for a year, idled by the pandemic.īut now, with an end to the covid-19 crisis seemingly in sight, construction on Rivers Casino Pittsburgh’s $60 million, “The Landing Hotel Pittsburgh” resumed this week.Ĭranes from local general contractor Massaro Corp.
