Some more Nimbys.
It’s sad how long this process is taking. Boston and Chicago have already approved casinos.
so what?
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More protests on Long Island yesterday.
Is there any room and demand for an ultra luxury casino in say, the Hamptons? Feel like the same goers would also just go to nyc.
It’s impossible to get around the Hamptons in the summer now, imagine if there was a casino too.
There’s no demand there cause there’s a Jakes 58 right off the LIE and there’s a casino on the reservation off sunrise highway I believe (idk). Plus it’s highly NIMBY over there + the traffic is already unstable over there due to the fact that the only road is two lanes.
Broadway theatre owners are opposing Times Square.
“which says the casino would harm the area’s local character and keep people, notably tourists, from the area.”
The delusion is great with this one. Lol
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That doesn’t really bid well for the TS proposal since one of the criteria to meet is that there has to be community support for it and if Broadway is opposing it, well that’s a big side jab.
Ig. But it also has strong backing from other groups
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Speaking of the Casinos. Were it my choice, I’d go for the Times Square one, The HY one, and the Willets Point/Citi Field one. Just my opinion.
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The same resistance happened in Chicago. Putting it in a lower class area was a bad idea so it was inevitable it would end up a nice area full of nimbys. The idea of a casino is fine, Nimbys just dont want it in their neighborhood.
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I live across the street from the site and frankly don’t see how it would work. Transit in the area is quite poor. The only solution would be to build a 1st Avenue station on the 7 train (which they should build anyways).
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I think the surest bet would be the southern extension of the 2nd avenue tunnel on the future T line since they aren’t likely to build a station so close to the east river.