Since the stunning news in February that it had lost operational control of Inspire, the nearly $1.7 billion integrated resort it opened last year in South Korea, Mohegan has had little or nothing to say about it publicly.A topic it might prefer to discuss in the weeks and months ahead is its bid fo
Newly released renderings offer a closer look at a public waterfront park planned alongside a proposed casino complex near the United Nations. Unveiled on Thursday, the new video and imagery showcase the nearly 5-acre public park planned as part of Soloviev Group’s proposed Freedom Plaza casino proj
Do you feel lucky?For the past two years, real estate developers and gambling executives have been salivating at the possibility of opening a new casino in New York City and preparing multibillion-dollar bids that promise a boost in tourism, neighborhood revitalization and new green space for the pu
Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa are a couple of weeks away. But Michael Hershman is thinking about next spring — and a word he said was “hard to pronounce and harder to spell.”The word is semiquincentennial, the term for a 250th anniversary. Hershman — the chief executive of the Soloviev Group, the
All five Queens community boards tasked with reviewing the proposed Metropolitan Park development, an $8 billion project led by New York Mets owner Steve Cohen, have approved the plan, signaling broad community support for transforming 50 acres of Citi Field's parking lot into a casino, hotel, and e
The chairman and CEO of Las Vegas Sands expressed concerns Wednesday about investing in a $6 billion casino-resort on New York’s Long Island, while facing competition from online gambling.Sands has proposed developing a multi-billion resort and casino around the Nassau Coliseum that has been opposed
The gloves are off over a controversial proposal to build a glitzy $12 billion casino complex in Hudson Yards — with local hard hats pitted against lovers of the High Line.The Building and Construction Trades Council is set to hold a “We Build” rally Thursday in support of Related Companies/Wynn Res
New York Governor Kathy Hochul denied a report that she plans to ease the way for Steve Cohen, one of her political donors, to build a casino and entertainment complex next to Citi Field in Queens.Democratic lawmakers were incensed this week after the New York Post reported that the Democratic gover
As the New Orleans mayor who brought the first land-based casino to the state of Louisiana, I know first-hand the opportunities–and the obstacles–of trying to bring gaming to an urban environment. That’s why I’m increasingly concerned to see the weakest arguments against development in New York City
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