(Genting/Resorts World and the MGM-controlled Empire City operate those two properties, respectively.) That leaves other groups battling to put together attractive development packages for the remaining license. Two of the three NYC-area licenses that New York’s regulators will award are expected to go to existing racino operations in Yonkers and at Aqueduct. The revised bid for one of the three licenses also includes plans for a 1,700-room skyscraper hotel, which would also serve venues such as the nearby Jacob Javits Convention Center, and it’s part of a $10 billion project being pitched to the state.

The 28-acre site is already home to several new and under-construction office towers in addition to space planned for the proposed casino.

Related would partner with Wynn Resorts on the casino portion of the ongoing Hudson Yards development. As the competition for three downstate New York casino license heats up in advance of regulatory and licensure hearings in July, a proposal including a Wynn-branded casino, to be built in the under-construction Hudson Yards complex in midtown Manhattan on the Hudson River’s eastern shore, has emerged as one of the likely favorites.Ī recent New York Post report offers some detail on the proposal, which is headed by venture-development firm Related Companies.