Planet Hollywood Casino Resort: fixed location and documented straight-line distances

From this venue’s documented position, the straight-line distance is 2368.3 miles to Sacramento, straight-line. Road distance is always longer than straight-line distance, and this article does not publish driving mileage or travel time.

The keyword asks about Planet Hollywood Casino Resort, but the publicly published reference sources attached to this page document a different physical venue: Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course in Grantville, Pennsylvania. So the useful, defensible answer here is about that fixed site, its coordinates, and the straight-line distances that are explicitly published for it; this article cannot relabel those figures as belonging to a different property.

The fixed site this page can document

The documented venue sits in Grantville, Pennsylvania, at coordinates 40.39666667, -76.65861111. In directional terms supported by the coordinates and the state name, that places the site in Pennsylvania and in the Northern and Western hemispheres.

Publicly published reference sources describe the property as Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course. The same sources give an opening date of August 30, 1972 and state that it is owned by Gaming and Leisure Properties and operated by Penn Entertainment.

Facility figures in public reference sources are point-in-time figures rather than live operational data. The documented figures attached here list 2,480 slot machines, note that table games began operation on July 13, 2010, and include a table-games field recorded as 2010, which should be read as a documented source field rather than a current floor inventory.

Documented straight-line distances from the venue

The table below reproduces every injected venue-to-reference pair exactly as published. Every figure is a great-circle measurement, which means straight-line rather than road distance.

Why straight-line distance and real travel differ

A great-circle figure is the shortest path over the earth’s surface between two coordinate points. It is useful for orientation because it shows relative nearness or farness without being distorted by the shape of the road network.

Real trips are longer because roads do not follow a geometric line. They bend around terrain, water, property boundaries, urban street patterns, and state lines; they also depend on where bridges, crossings, and access roads exist. That is why the distance caveat attached to these figures states that driving is always longer.

This distinction matters most when a reference point is separated by major water, dense urban fabric, or a sparse road network. Even when two places look close on a map, the practical route can lengthen substantially once a traveler has to join actual roads rather than move in a straight line.

How to read the venue’s regional position

Because the site is documented in Grantville, Pennsylvania, the most reliable location statement is simply that it is a fixed point in Pennsylvania rather than a movable brand concept. If your search was for Planet Hollywood Casino Resort, the key caution is that a brand name in a query does not change the coordinates of the venue row that is documented here.

The coordinates 40.39666667 and -76.65861111 let you compare your own starting point against a fixed destination. If you are measuring from your own location, use a map tool that accepts coordinates, enter the venue coordinates exactly, and then compare your starting point to that fixed marker. That gives you a current road route without this article having to invent a mileage figure that is not published here.

What this article can and cannot measure

This page can reproduce only the straight-line pairs that are explicitly documented in the published reference set above. It cannot calculate a new pair on demand, cannot convert any pair into driving miles, and cannot turn distance into a travel-time estimate.

That matters for reader searches phrased as “from here,” “from me,” or “from my location.” Your position is not fixed inside this article, so the only honest method is to anchor the venue at its documented coordinates and let you measure from your own starting point in a live map.

What to confirm before you go

Before spending money on a trip, confirm the changeable items on the venue’s own official channels. The important live items are current access arrangements, parking rules, hotel availability, event schedules, and any temporary construction or entry procedures.

Also confirm that the property name on the official site matches the physical place you intend to visit. Ownership, branding, and operating details can change over time, and a search query using one casino brand does not by itself verify that it refers to the same fixed venue documented in public reference sources.

FAQ

Is this article about Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino?

No. The keyword uses that name, but the documented venue attached to this page is Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course in Grantville, Pennsylvania. The location, coordinates, opening date, owner line, and distance matrix all belong to that documented site, so this article keeps the venue identification explicit rather than blending two different properties.

Can I use the straight-line table to plan a drive?

Only as a rough orientation tool, not as a road-planning tool. Every figure in the table is marked as great-circle, meaning straight-line between coordinates. Real road mileage is longer and depends on the available road network, crossings, and local approach roads, so you should use the venue’s official information and a live map for the current route.

What is the most important location fact to keep in mind?

The venue’s position is fixed: Grantville, Pennsylvania, at 40.39666667, -76.65861111. Your starting point is the variable. If a search result or brand name creates confusion, return to the fixed coordinates and the city-and-state label first, then compare that destination with your own location using a current mapping tool.

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