The outcome in New York City: Bids presented by Caesars and Silverstein for the establishment of a casino in Manhattan have been unsuccessful following a local vote.
In a significant turn of events, two casino expansion bids in Manhattan, New York, have been rejected by community advisory committees. The rejections took place on Wednesday, marking a setback for the developers and casino operators involved.
The West Side project, backed by Silverstein Properties, Rush Street Gaming, and Greenwood Gaming and Entertainment, did not secure enough votes to proceed to the New York Gaming Facility Location Board. Similarly, SL Green Realty Corp. and Caesars Entertainment Inc.'s bid for a Times Square casino also lost their vote earlier on Wednesday.
The specific locations for the casinos were Times Square and undeveloped land on the West Side of Manhattan. The bids were submitted by Caesars, Rush Street Gaming, Greenwood Gaming, Silverstein Properties, and SL Green. However, the search results do not provide the name of who proposed the bid for the undeveloped west side of Manhattan.
The rejections were made in key votes held on Wednesday. The community advisory committees were involved in the rejection of the casino expansion bids. This decision leaves only one proposal for a Manhattan casino in the competition for the three gaming licenses in downstate New York.
The exact reasons for the rejections are not yet clear, but it is expected that the community advisory committees had concerns about the potential impact of the casinos on the local communities, including traffic, noise, and crime.
As the competition for the Manhattan casino licenses continues, the developers and operators will need to address these concerns and find ways to ensure that their proposals are more appealing to the community. The outcome of the competition will have significant implications for the future of commercial casinos in Manhattan, New York.
