The 50-acre parking lot would not only be transformed into a gaming house, but would also have 20 acres of parkland by landscape architect firm Field Operations, a hotel, live music venue and food hall, Bloomberg first reported.

and Wynn Resorts, is reportedly partnering with Seminole Hard Rock on a bid to build a gaming site on land adjacent to Citi Field in Flushing, Queens.

The Mets owner, who is vying for the prized license against heavyweight competitors such as the Adelson family-owned Las Vegas Sands, Resorts World, Related Cos. Kathy Hochul and state lawmakers from Queens, according to Bloomberg News. HIs chief of staff at Point72, Michael Sullivan, has contributed to the political campaigns of elected officials who will grant approval for a casino license, including Gov. “He has hired the best team that money can buy,” Warren Schreiber, who heads a Queens civic organization opposed to the casino, told Bloomberg News.Ĭohen was the largest single donor to Mayor Eric Adams’s 2021 election campaign, pumping $2 million into outside PACs to support Adams in the Democratic primary, Bloomberg reported. Steve Cohen dishes on Mets’ failed Yoshinobu Yamamoto pursuit as its revealed team never got chance to increase bidīryce Harper FaceTime, mysterious plane photo: What’s next for Japanese ace as talks heat upīillionaire hedge fund titan Steve Cohen is pursuing the rights to build a casino in Queens with the same zeal with which he has stockpiled the high-priced roster of his Mets, according to a report.Ĭohen, whose net worth is valued by Bloomberg at $13.1 billion through his ownership of the Point72 Asset Management hedge fund, has hired an army of lobbyists to persuade local officials to grant him a license to operate one of three casinos planned for the New York City area.

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