22 Casino Proposals Submitted in NY
Groups hoping to secure the rights to open a casino in upstate New York include hometown business owners as well as gambling giants, state gambling officials announced Thursday, a day after the deadline passed for interested parties to pay a $1 million application fee.
In all, 22 projects are in the running for licenses for the four casinos authorized in three regions: the Albany-Saratoga region, the Catskills and the Southern Tier.
The Catskills attracted the most interest, with several groups competing to build a casino in Orange, Liberty and Sullivan counties. Nevele Investors hopes to build a casino at the site of an old “Borscht Belt” resort in Monticello, home to tens of thousands of Jews in the summer.
A constitutional amendment passed last year authorizes up to seven full-scale casinos overall. The state is starting with four facilities in the upstate. Selections will be made this fall. Complete applications are due June 30.
This article appeared in print on page 4 of edition of Hamodia.
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