BREAKING: Metropolitan Park receives unanimous CAC approval as 4 projects move forward in race for 3 downstate licenses - QNS

"The project, which represents a joint venture by Cohen and Hard Rock International, would transform 50 acres of Citi Field parking lot into a sprawling casino complex featuring a 25-acre public park, new shops and restaurants, a Taste of Queens food hall, and a full-scale redevelopment of the Mets-Willets Point subway station, along with improvements to roads and bike paths."

"Metropolitan Park, an ambitious $8 billion proposal for an entertainment complex anchored by a casino adjacent to Citi Field, has received unanimous approval from a Community Advisory Committee (CAC), allowing the project to move toward the final hurdle in the race to obtain one of three coveted downstate gaming licenses. At Queens Borough Hall on Tuesday, Metropolitan Park became the fourth and final casino proposal to receive CAC approval ahead of a decision by the State Gaming Commission this December."

Metropolitan Park is an $8 billion joint venture by Cohen and Hard Rock International to build a casino-anchored entertainment complex adjacent to Citi Field. The proposal would convert 50 acres of parking into a complex with a Hard Rock resort and casino, a 25-acre public park, shops, restaurants, a Taste of Queens food hall, and a full-scale redevelopment of the Mets-Willets Point subway station plus road and bike-path improvements. The Metropolitan Park CAC voted 6-0 in favor, making it the fourth and final proposal to win CAC approval prior to a State Gaming Commission decision in December. Other local CACs recently approved Resorts World and MGM Empire City, and voted 5-1 for a Bally's Bronx proposal, while several Manhattan and Coney Island proposals were rejected.

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