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New York State Gaming Facility Location Board advance three finalists for licensure consideration

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Publish Date: Dec 01, 2025

Fact checked by: Sara Jane Gamelli

Finally!

The five-member New York State Gaming Facility Location Board (NYSGFLB) announced Monday morning the advancement of three full downstate casino licenses to all three remaining finalists from a field that started with 11 suitors.

The three are:

Hard Rock Metropolitan Park - Queens (adjacent to CITI Field, home of the New York Mets)
Resorts World NYC - Queens (near JFK Airport)
Bally's - The Bronx (at Golf Links)

All were selected for submission to the New York Gaming Commission (NYGC) for licensure consideration.

All three met the statutory criteria laid out by the NYSGFLB, which fall into four categories: Economic Activity & Business Development Factors: 70%; Local Impact Siting Factors: 10%; Workforce Enhancement Factors: 10%; Diversity Framework Factors: 10%. All three have also made commitments to workforce diversity, community investment, and local, unionized hiring.

“The Gaming Facility Location Board has performed a true public service. These five individuals volunteered hundreds of hours to review and digest thousands of pages of complex application material and ultimately made the best selections for the State of New York. We are all thankful for their dedication and service for what has been up until now a thankless task. We entered this process with a tabula rasa and are concluding with three impressive projects that will transform communities, establish career opportunities for residents, and drive much-needed revenue to the MTA, public schools and the City," said NYS Gaming Commissioners in a released statement regarding Gaming Facility Location Board selections.

“The Gaming Commission has already undertaken the background investigations of the applicants and is expeditiously applying its statutory license suitability criteria to ensure that these casinos are operated with utmost integrity and fiscal responsibility. A New York gaming license is a privilege – and this Commission will ensure those entities fortunate enough to be selected for licensure meet New York’s rigorous standards.”

What to Expect

The Board’s consultants project incremental annual gaming tax revenue of nearly $1 billion in 2036 - totaling approx. $7 billion between 2027 and 2036 - plus $1.5 billion in licensing fees. Additional state and local taxes - property, sales, hotel occupancy, and others - are projected to generate approx. $5.9 billion over 10 years.

Problem gambling programs are projected to receive approx. $10.7 million annually. Each project proposes to deliver substantial community benefits, highlighted by infrastructure and transit improvements, local business partnerships, and significant commitments to community-based organizations.

However, the Board had some concerns about some of the commitments and expressed those in their 29-page selection document.

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