{"id":374687,"date":"2026-10-16T10:42:51","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T10:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/374687\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T10:42:51","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T10:42:51","slug":"hard-rock-invests-10m-in-queens-community-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/374687\/","title":{"rendered":"Hard Rock Invests $10M in Queens Community Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiangaming.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Hard-Rock-logo.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"474\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Hard-Rock-logo-696x474.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Hard Rock logo\"\/><\/a>            <\/p>\n<p>QUEENS, NY \u2013 Metropolitan Park, the $8.1 billion sports and entertainment district led by Hard Rock International and Steve Cohen, has announced a $10 million investment in the new Jackson Heights community center of the Variety Boys &amp; Girls Club of Queens. The investment is part of Metropolitan Park\u2019s $1 billion in community benefits and served as the seed funding for the community center\u2019s $33.8 million in total public-private funding.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Metropolitan Park\u2019s investment, Governor Kathy Hochul committed $10 million in state funding, $9.3 million was secured by Council Member Shekar Krishnan and the New York City Council, $2 million from U.S. Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, $1 million by Congress Member Grace Meng, $1 million in New York State funding secured by Assembly Member Jessica Gonz\u00e1lez-Rojas, $250,000 by Assembly Member Steven Raga, and $250,000 by Assembly Member Catalina Cruz.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn behalf of Hard Rock International, the Seminole Tribe of Florida and Jim Allen, we are proud to make this $10 million investment and to stand alongside our elected officials, community leaders, and the Variety Boys &amp; Girls Club to help turn a long-held community vision into reality,\u201d said Sean Caffery of Hard Rock International.\u00a0\u201cThis investment can make a difference and transform the lives of New York residents and their families for generations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMetropolitan Park is about creating opportunities for Queens, and that commitment doesn\u2019t stop at the boundaries of our site,\u201d\u00a0said Michael Sullivan of Metropolitan Park.\u00a0\u201cJackson Heights, Corona and East Elmhurst are some of the most vibrant communities in New York City and we heard loud and clear from our neighbors that they need a new community center to meet the area\u2019s growing needs.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"QUEENS, NY \u2013 Metropolitan Park, the $8.1 billion sports and entertainment district led by Hard Rock International and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":374688,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-374687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374687\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}