Located on the banks of the Delaware River, it’s just 1.5 miles northeast of downtown, in the Fishtown neighborhood. As such it gets 4 million visitors a year! Opened in 2010, and formerly the Sugarhouse Casino, Rivers Casino Philadelphia is one of two casinos located right in Philadelphia. Purple is the Parx Casino while the brown star is Valley Forge Casino Resort) Rivers Casino Philadelphia (The red star is Rivers Casino Philadelphia, Green is Live! Casino & Hotel, Black = Harrah’s Philadelphia. Here’s a brief look at the five area casinos: Philadelphia Casinos Map These five busy casinos bring in hundreds of millions of dollars per month in gaming revenue. Two of these casinos, Live! Casino, and Rivers Casino are actually located in the city, while the others are within reasonable driving times away, (most times).