The $11.1 billion Freedom Plaza proposal for a casino on the East Side of Manhattan is not about sleight of hand, but some of its key components are about what you don’t see.
The casino gaming space, for example, is below ground level. A proposed ferris wheel for the parcel of land was quickly removed after a vocal groundswell of local opposition. There is no “Las Vegas feel” to the project fronted by the Soloviev Group and Mohegan, and that is by design, according to Soloviev Group CEO Michael Hershman.
“When I interviewed Mohegan, I knew of their facilities,” Hershman said in an interview with Casino Reports while recounting meetings with Las Vegas-based operators as potential suitors.
