Tourists will be able to get unlimited soup, salad and breadsticks at the Olive Garden within a few years.
The New York Times reported earlier this month that a casino could be built in a skyscraper in Times Square.
The Broadway theater that hosts the musical "The Lion King" could be incorporated into the development. One of three gaming licenses to be awarded for the New York City area is expected to include a hotel, restaurants and a health club.
There are other attempts to bring slot machines and poker tables to Manhattan.
Wynn Resorts is partnering with Related Cos. to build a casino at the Hudson Yards project. The complex is billed as the largest privately developed real estate project in US history.
Hudson Yards lost some of its luster due to the arrival of the Pandemic and a much-hyped store closing.
The New York Mets owner is in talks with Hard Rock to build a casino next to the baseball stadium in Queens.
Two of the New York City region's three casino licenses are expected to go to existing "racino" complexes in the state.
Both Empire City and Resorts World are slated to get significant investment to boost the gaming, which would make them quicker to open than either Wynn or Caesars.
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The Wynn/Related deal is much more complicated than the Caesars proposal. A 10-acre deck is required for the proposed Wynn casino to go next to the convention center. It would take a long time for the process to be approved.
It's possible that Caesars doesn't have it in the bag. Broadway isn't putting out the welcome mat for a casino to go up near the Great White Way just because it's the home of "The Lion King" musical.
The Broadway League told members it would not support the casino proposal in the neighborhood.
The league said in a statement to the NYT that the addition of a casino will overwhelm the already densely congested area and would jeopardize the entire neighborhood. Broadway is the main driver of tourism in the city.
The Actors' Equity Association, a labor union that includes Broadway actors and stage managers, supports the bid and said in its own statement that a Times Square casino would be a game-changer.
Broadway theaters at a casino front door may not be as good as it seems from a financial perspective.
Big city casinos don't do well according to the CEO of a casino consulting and publishing company. Competition for entertainment spending is too high.
Detroit and Cleveland didn't live up to pre- opening expectations. More suburban casinos in Maryland bring in more revenue than the Horseshoe Casino in Baltimore.
Big-city casinos have all failed. I'm not sure why these companies keep doing this. The company went bankrupt twice. They do not do well. Competition for entertainment dollars is too high. No gambler would want to have a problem getting to a casino.
When more states legalized gambling in an effort to keep residents from crossing state lines to spend money at a casino, analysts were concerned about a cannibalization effect taking place.
A big win for casinos was the surge in domestic travel caused by the Pandemic. The 14.31 billion dollars in US gaming revenue reported for the first three months of this year was the strongest start to any year in history.
The financial windfall can change by the time any of these casino bids in New York state get an official green light, but data like that definitely fuels the state's motivation to get in on the casino resort action
The winner of the coveted casino licenses won't be decided until next year.
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