provided the structural engineering for the other two structures. provided the structural engineering for the Racetrack grandstands and GPLA Inc. The casino is a 550’-0” x 350’-0” two story composite steel structure with an elliptical porte cochere, the racetrack grandstand is a 400’-0” x 250’-0” five story composite steel structure that has an additional 200’-0” x 100’-0” one story jockey’s quarters separated from it by yet another expansion joint, and the parking garage is a 400’-0” x 275’-0” precast structure that houses all of the parking for the above structures.
This project consists of three very large sub-projects all requiring access to each other while separated by expansion joints. It is in Grantville, Pennsylvania near Harrisburg and it is owned and operated by Penn National Gaming. The facility consists of a thoroughbred racing track accompanied by a large casino. The casino opened on February 12 th, 2008, and the race track has been there sense 1972.