Eight players are in, the cards are down — and now we wait.
The final-round game to secure a highly lucrative license to open a casino in the New York City area begins now. By the end of this year, a specially-created state board will give the go-ahead to three proposals for commercial casinos in the five boroughs and Yonkers.
As of this month, developers behind eight different casino proposals have formally applied for those licenses and await their fate.
The idea has been stirring for years, since voters approved an expansion of gambling in the state in 2013. And the new casinos will significantly change the landscape for the city neighborhoods where they land.
