The cost to build a casino-resort at Nassau Coliseum site rose to $7.6 billion, according to a recently released final environmental impact statement, nearly doubling the original $4 billion price tag from when Las Vegas Sands pitched the project to county officials more than two years ago.
The new estimate in the FEIS includes updated construction, labor and materials costs, roadway investments like increased traffic mitigation efforts, as well as fees associated with construction financing and application for a state gaming license needed to operate the Vegas-style resort…
The completion of the FEIS ends months of hearings and debate over the environmental mitigation efforts tied to Sands’ plan for an “integrated resort” on the 72-acre, county-owned property in Uniondale.
