New York City: Donald Trump unloads Bronx golf course to Bally’s casino chain following battle with city, sources say

New York City: Donald Trump unloads Bronx golf course to Bally’s casino chain following battle with city, sources say

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  • Josh Kosman and Carl Campanile, New York Post
September 8, 2023 3:30 PM
  • Josh Kosman and Carl Campanile, New York Post

Donald Trump’s name will finally be scrubbed from a city-owned golf course in the Bronx — with the ex-president agreeing to unload the lease to the Bally’s casino chain following a lengthy battle with the city.

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The Trump Organization has sold its contract to operate Trump Golf Links Ferry Point — a 20-year lease struck in 2015 that former Mayor Bill de Blasio had sought to cancel over the Capitol riot — to Bally’s in a deal worth tens of millions of dollars, The Post has learned.

The lease transfer — which for Bally’s is a multimillion-dollar bet that the property will help it snag a highly prized gaming license in the Big Apple — had hinged on approval from the city Parks Department and Comptroller Brad Lander, who signed off on it Thursday, sources said.