BIG BEAVER, Beaver County — That mini-casino won't be built in Lancaster Township, or anywhere else in Butler County.

Lawrence County won't get a casino either, although officials there have flirted with potential developers for a couple of decades.

Instead, Mount Airy Casino announced Monday it would put its western operations in Beaver County near the junction of Interstate 376 and the Pennsylvania Turnpike, at a location west of Ellwood City.

Mount Airy, based along Interstate 80 in the Poconos in Monroe County, said it has acquired more than 100 acres in Big Beaver Borough and expects to break ground this fall. Mount Airy Pittsburgh Casino Resort should open in late 2019, with hundreds of jobs and millions in gambling tax revenue.