Nas & Resorts World NYC’s Casino Proposal Receives Unanimous Approval in Community Advisory Committee Vote

Resorts World NYC, which partnered with Nas, received unanimous support successful a 6-0 ballot from the Community Advisory Board to bring its $5.5 cardinal casino to Queens.

Following Thursday’s (Sept. 25) victory, the Resorts World task is present connected the 1-yard line, awaiting a last support determination from the Gaming Facility Location Board.

Resorts World officials anticipation the Southeast Queens casino volition unfastened doors by July 2026, and the Aqueduct Park task is expected to beryllium 1 of the largest successful the U.S. astatine 350,000 quadrate feet.

“On behalf of the full Resorts World team, I privation to convey the Community Advisory Committee for recognizing the interaction we volition person not lone connected Queens but each of New York City and State,” said Robert DeSalvio, who serves arsenic the president of Genting Americas East. “We are incredibly grateful to the ample fig of residents, partners, and supporters who touted this project, without a azygous idiosyncratic speaking against it. This is simply a testament to our ngo – solidified implicit the past 15 years – to beryllium the champion neighbour imaginable present successful Queens.”

Queens Borough President Donovan Richards Jr. adjacent took a changeable astatine Jay-Z, aft Roc Nation’s connection was struck down by the CAC past week, which has each but killed Hov’s hopes of gathering a casino successful Times Square.

“There’s a taxable successful Queens, and I cognize that Nas was a portion of this: Queens get the money. Sorry, Jay-Z, we triumph again,” Richards quipped. “You tin fto the Brooklyn borough president cognize that I nonstop my regards to him.”

Along with a state-of-the-art casino and 30 eateries, Resorts World volition unfastened a 7,000-person capableness amusement venue to bring concerts, games and events to the area.

According to Covers, NBA champion Kenny “The Jet” Smith volition assistance bring a sports and media analyzable to the Resorts World campus.

The Resorts World task hopes to bring 24,000 caller jobs to Queens and $1 cardinal successful caller gross during its archetypal twelvemonth of operation.

Resorts World wasn’t the lone bid to perceive bully news, arsenic MGM Empire Casino’s bid to alteration its racino to a full-service casino successful Yonkers was besides approved, meaning there’s 1 gaming licence remaining for New York.

“This is an ambitious task that volition springiness caller opportunities to the hard-working families who telephone Queens home, pull top-tier talent, and physique up the adjacent procreation of leaders,” Nas said successful March 2024 erstwhile helium came connected committee with Resorts World. “Clearly, with this project, the satellite is ours.”