{"id":71567,"date":"2025-12-15T22:03:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T22:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/71567\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T22:03:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T22:03:07","slug":"new-york-city-casinos-get-final-approval-what-does-it-mean-for-nyc-tourism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/71567\/","title":{"rendered":"New York City Casinos Get Final Approval. What Does it Mean for NYC Tourism?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three full-scale casinos are set to open in New York City after receiving the green light Monday from the state\u2019s gaming commission:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bally\u2019s Bronx, a $4 billion integrated casino resort with a 500,000-square-foot gaming facility.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hard Rock at Metropolitan Park in Queens, an $8 billion integrated casino resort backed by New York Mets owner Steve Cohen.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>An expansion project to transform Resorts World\u2019s slots-focused facility in Queens into a full casino with hundreds of live table games, a $5.5 billion physical investment.<\/p>\n<p>The first phase of the Resorts World project is expected to open as early as March 2026, and the other two projects are set to be completed by 2030.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One big question: What sort of role will these casinos play in New York City tourism?<\/p>\n<p>Will Casinos Boost NYC Tourism?<\/p>\n<p>The New York gaming commission\u2019s facility location board said visitation would be anchored by locals within a two-hour drive, but they<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three full-scale casinos are set to open in New York City after receiving the green light Monday from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":71568,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1459,1566,9,24,55,54,56,5477],"class_list":{"0":"post-71567","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-casinos","9":"tag-hard-rock","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-city","12":"tag-new-york-city-headlines","13":"tag-new-york-city-news","14":"tag-ny","15":"tag-resorts-world"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71567","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=71567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}