One down, two to go. Resorts World in Queens began offering New York City’s first legal table games last Tuesday, and while that excitement has by no means subsided, some of the attention now turns to the other two NYC casinos in the works.
Resorts World will have competition in the downstate New York brick-and-mortar casino market. The question is when.
The New York State Gaming Commission formally awarded three casino licenses in December, at a minimum price tag of $500 million each plus a $500 million minimum capital investment.
Resorts World pledged its casino, by far the quickest and easiest to launch because all it had to do was renovate parts of the existing Aqueduct racino, would be open by July at the latest — a target it beat by three months.
