Can N.Y.C. Casino Bids Deliver an Economic Boost?

Contenders for full-scale casino licenses in New York City predict an economic boom fueled by gambling. Experts say that’s not what has happened elsewhere.

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Can N.Y.C. Casino Bids Make Good on Their Billion-Dollar Promises?

As the number of gambling houses has grown across the United States, they are no longer the tourism magnets that they used to be, experts say.

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MGM Drops Bid for NY Casino License, Leaving 3 Competitors

New York State is poised to award as many as three new licenses by the end of the year.

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Bally’s Bronx Casino Proposal Advances in Bid for New York Gambling License

If Bally’s Bronx is awarded a license, it will have to pay $115 million to the Trump Organization, which operated a golf course on the site.

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Bally’s Bronx Casino Plan Appears Dead After Council Rejects Rezoning

The City Council vote all but dooms the company’s chances of obtaining one of up to three casino licenses that New York State is expected to award this year.

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Jennifer Lopez’s Alma Mater to Stay Open as Nuns Sell to a Casino Firm

A charitable arm of the Bally’s Corporation will buy Preston High School’s buildings and lease them back to the Catholic school, a victory for foes of a plan to close the Bronx institution.

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If New York Puts a Casino in the Bronx, Trump Will Get $115 Million

Although the Trump Organization sold a golf course in Ferry Point Park in the Bronx to Bally’s, it will still receive a windfall if the site is chosen for a casino.

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