OPINION: Times Square casino faces long odds as powerful Broadway group rips plan

OPINION: Times Square casino faces long odds as powerful Broadway group rips plan

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  • Steve Cuozzo, New York Post
November 14, 2022 5:54 PM

The Shubert Organization strongly reaffirmed Broadway theater owners’ opposition to SL Green’s and Caesars Entertainment’s controversial proposal to bring a casino to Times Square.

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Although the Broadway League, which represents theater owners and producers, slammed the proposal announced last month as “detrimental” to the city and to Times Square, a number of influential voices came forward to endorse it. Among them: Actors Equity, former Police Commissioner Bill Bratton (who devised a safety plan for the area with SL Green) and the owners of local restaurants including Carmine’s, Virgil’s and Junior’s Cheesecake.

Some Times Square-watchers cited their support as showing cracks in the anti-casino ranks.