After more than two decades, a developer’s megaproject could finally take root at the sprawling, fallow site near the United Nations headquarters in Midtown. Its latest bid: a proposal for Manhattan’s first Vegas-style casino.
Soloviev Group, the longtime owner of the 6.7-acre plot, said on Tuesday that it will partner with Mohegan, the casino and resort operator, to compete for one of three casino licenses expected to be granted by state gambling regulators in the greater New York City area.
Soloviev joins a crowded field of developers that have already announced partnerships with casino operators in bids that span Coney Island in Brooklyn, Hudson Yards and Times Square in Manhattan, Willets Point in Queens and Nassau County on Long Island, among others.
