Casino project updates

Cohen’s $8B Citi Field Casino Plan Advances to Final Licensing Stage

After years of lobbying, millions in spending, and heated community debate, Steve Cohen’s ambitious casino proposal for the area around Citi Field has officially cleared a crucial hurdle. On Tuesday, the Hard R...

Bronx Casino Proposal Advances as Coney Island Project Blocked

A key round of decisions in New York’s competitive downstate casino race produced sharply different outcomes on Monday, September 29. While Bally’s proposal for a $4 billion resort in the Bronx secured near-una...

Bally’s Chicago Casino Resort Moves Forward With $1.19B Backing

Chicago’s River West neighborhood is undergoing a major transformation as Bally’s Corporation, supported by Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. (GLPI), pushes ahead with the creation of a $1.19 billion flagship...

Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes Advance Elk City Casino and Resort Project

The Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes are set to break ground on a large-scale project in Elk City that has been decades in the making. Plans call for a new casino, hotel, and several other facilities that tribal lea...

Alabama-Coushatta Tribe to Build Naskila Casino Resort in Leggett

The Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas has confirmed plans to establish a new casino resort in Leggett, Polk County, following federal approval that allows the project to move forward on tribal-owned land outside...

Paradise Secures Grand Hyatt Incheon West Tower in $151M Deal

Paradise Co. Ltd., South Korea’s leading foreigner-only casino operator, is expanding its footprint in Incheon with the acquisition of the Grand Hyatt Incheon’s West Tower. The company confirmed on September 23...

College Township Study Projects Mixed Impacts for Happy Valley Casino

College Township officials have released the findings of their long-anticipated local impact study on the proposed Happy Valley Casino, slated for the former Macy’s site at the Nittany Mall. The results highlig...

Jay-Z’s Times Square Casino Proposal Rejected by Manhattan CAC

Two major casino proposals for Manhattan — one in Times Square and another in Hell’s Kitchen — were struck down this week after community advisory committees (CACs) voted against allowing the projects to move f...