Vocal opponents of the facility claim that the site has now joined a list of large companies or industries that are invited to Camden with significant monetary incentive, at great expense to local tax payers as a form of corporate welfare.

[2][3] Although the project was poised to be located at the Philadelphia Naval Yard, developer AthenianRazak, who was managing the project, brought the possibility of locating in Camden to the team, citing the newly enacted Grow NJ tax credit program.

The team had also deliberated building on the local Camden Navy Yard, including receiving architect mock-ups of a 55,000 square foot facility for an estimated $20–25 million, but these plans didn't come to fruition.

… They could at least clean up the trash on the street near us and help out with all that money they saved moving here.”[11] The complex was constructed with $82 million in tax breaks from New Jersey's Economic Development Authority and the Grow NJ program.

Also the building has it own players restaurant with its own full menu, along a private balcony and film and press room.