The battle for three New York City-area casino licenses has been going on for more than two years, and it looks as if it may last another 18 months or more.
Multi-billion dollar projects have been touted next to New York Mets owner Steve Cohen’s Citi Field; at Hudson Yards near the Jacob Javits Convention Center; a Caesars plan for Times Square; another near the United Nations; and others in The Bronx, at Coney Island, or adjacent to Nassau Coliseum on Long Island.
But by the end of a one-hour panel at The Racing and Gaming Conference at Saratoga Springs, New York, this week, it became clearer that a rather mundane result may occur — and not until the end of 2025, at the earliest.
