On Monday (Dec. 1), the Facility Location Board of the New York State Gaming Fee unanimously authorized on line casino licenses for 3 areas in New York Metropolis, with one among them given to an funding group headed by New York Mets proprietor Steve Cohen. Cohen and Onerous Rock, who will function the on line casino, are aiming to construct the on line casino in Flushing, Queens, proper subsequent to Citi Discipline, the place the Mets name dwelling.
The granting of the license is the following to final step earlier than the gaming fee provides its remaining resolution later this month. “The board has decided that awarding all three licenses greatest advances the state’s long-term financial, fiscal, and group targets,” mentioned board chair Vicki Been when contacted by Entrance Workplace Sports activities. The Metropolitan Park on line casino advanced is estimated to price $8 billion to construct, and it’s slated to even have a full-service resort, live performance venue, a rebuilt transit hub, together with 25 acres of devoted group inexperienced area.
The opposite two license approvals additionally carry some curiosity. One went to Bally’s, who plans to function their on line casino from their golf course within the Bronx. They obtained the license to function the course from the Trump Group in 2023. That settlement stipulated that in the event that they have been granted a license, Bally’s would pay the group $115 million. The opposite license went to Resorts World On line casino, which is located on the Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens. Hip-Hop icon Nas is a part of that funding group.
The positioning can be anticipated to attach with the continued building of Etihad Park, the long run dwelling of Main League Soccer’s NYCFC at Willets Level. The crew currenly divides its dwelling video games between Citi Discipline and Yankee Stadium within the Bronx. Cohen acquired the Mets in 2020 for $2.5 billion, and confirmed his dedication to get the Mets a World Sequence win since, even going as far as to accumulate outfielder Juan Soto on a 15-year, $765 million deal.
