An entirely different type of starting gun was fired at Aqueduct Racetrack this week as the state began soliciting public feedback about what to do with the massive plot of state-owned land when it becomes empty later this year.
Read MoreThe community board with jurisdiction over the 100-acre Aqueduct Racetrack site up for redevelopment wants a seat at the table as the state crafts a master plan that could entirely reshape a corner of Southern Queens.
Read MoreThe city’s first full-fledged casino will open next week at Resorts World in Southeast Queens, the result of a multi-year application and approval process that will soon lead to two casinos opening in the borough and a third on its doorstep.
Read MoreThree casino bidders, including two in Queens, were awarded a coveted casino license by the state on Monday in a move that has the potential to reshape the World’s Borough’s cultural and economic landscape.
Read MoreTwo developers proposing to build casinos in Queens cleared the penultimate hurdle on Monday, getting approval from a board tasked with evaluating their bids.
Read MoreThe chances of Queens one day being home to two casinos – and another right at its border – grew exponentially this week after MGM withdrew its bid to expand their racino into a casino in Yonkers.
Read MoreResorts World’s plan to put the nation’s largest casino in Southeast Queens cleared a major hurdle on Thursday following unanimous approval from the community advisory committee tasked with reviewing it.
Read MoreThe odds keep getting better for the two Queens bidders hoping to score one of the three downstate casino licenses to be handed out by the state’s Gaming Commission at the end of the year.
Read MoreThe final public hearing for Mets owner Steve Cohen’s plan to bring a casino to Northern Queens was ended abruptly on Tuesday by the state committee tasked with reviewing it after a clash between community members opposed to the project and the committee's top official.
Read MoreThe committee tasked with making a recommendation on the fate of Steve Cohen’s Metropolitan Park casino plan to the state’s Gaming Commission held its first public hearing on Tuesday, as the downstate casino bidding process reaches the home stretch.
Read MoreOf the more than 40 speakers who testified before the community advisory committee for the Resorts World casino project on Wednesday, every single one spoke in favor of the Queens gaming company’s $5.5 billion proposal to become the largest casino in the United States.
Read MoreResorts World New York City unveiled a slew of new details about its plans to transform its South Queens “racino” into what would be the largest casino in the United States last week.
Read MoreThe local committees charged with reviewing bids from each of the developers hoping to snag one of the three downstate casino licenses up for grabs began to be formed this week, including the committees set to evaluate the two separate casino bids in Queens.
Read MoreResorts World New York City anted up this week, announcing its plan to help build 50,000 units of workforce housing as it prepares its bid to score one of the three lucrative downstate casino licenses to soon be handed out by the state.
Read MoreThe City Council on Wednesday approved New York Mets owner Steve Cohen’s plan to bring a casino to Citi Field.
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