New York City’s first full casino with live table games opens
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Key Points:
- New York City's first full casino with live table games officially opened at Resorts World in Queens, featuring over 200 live dealer games and more than 2,500 slot machines.
- Resorts World plans a $5.5 billion expansion including additional tables and slots, a new hotel, restaurants, a 7,000-seat entertainment venue, and over 12 acres of public green space.
- The casino, operated by Genting Americas East, has been in operation near Aqueduct Racetrack for over a decade and celebrated the opening with local officials and rapper Nas, a development partner.
- Resorts World is one of three recently licensed full-scale casinos in New York City, alongside proposed projects by Steve Cohen’s Hard Rock near Citi Field and Bally’s at Ferry Point in the Bronx, both years from completion.
- These three approved projects were selected over several other proposals, including three planned for Manhattan, in a competitive process for lucrative New York City casino licenses.
