The PECO facility was decommissioned in 2008, after having operated as a power plant into the 1970s. Provided Image/Rivers Casino PhiladelphiaĪ rendering of the Riversuites hotel lobby. The casino said the hotel is a $7 million, privately-funded project that fits into the larger redevelopment of the 500,000-square-foot site. The hotel also will have co-working spaces, lobby gathering spaces, a pool table and an indoor basketball court.

One-, two- and three-bedroom units will be available. The suites will have full kitchens, and the apartment-style rooms will feature a mix of patios and bi-level lofts.

Guest suites at the Riversuites will average about 854 square feet, with larger accommodations available up to 2,266 square feet. 'The location and grandeur of The Battery allowed us to join a neighboring parcel, already in progress, with historic Philly significance.' 'A hotel addition for Rivers Casino Philadelphia has always been part of the master plan for our Fishtown property,' said Tim Drehkoff, CEO of Rivers Casino and Rush Street Gaming.

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The 11-acre site sits next to Penn Treaty Park and is accessible from Rivers Casino via the Delaware Riverwalk. The casino's new Riversuites hotel will include 62 rooms on four floors of the former Delaware River Generating Station, which opened on Beech Street in 1921 and once provided power to nearly half of Philadelphia. Developers are in the process of converting the site into a mixed-use campus known as The Battery. Rivers Casino plans to open a boutique hotel by the end of this year inside the former PECO power plant on the Delaware River waterfront.

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