"Hundreds of people joined a protest aimed at local elected officials Sunday afternoon after a Community Advisory Committee (CAC) unanimously voted in favor of the Metropolitan Park casino proposal last week. Protesters gathered at Corona Plaza on Sunday, Oct. 5, holding signs such as "sold us out" and "casinos kill communities" to protest against the ambitious $8 billion proposal by Mets owner Steve Cohen and Hard Rock International."
"If approved, it 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."
"The Metropolitan Park proposal has gone through rigorous public oversight ever since Cohen and Hard Rock launched the proposal in November 2023. Although the proposed development area is an asphalt parking lot, it was legally designated as city parkland, meaning the city needed to approve zoning text and city map amendments before the project could proceed. The state legislature also needed to approve parkland alienation legislation reclassifying the site as commercial property."
Hundreds gathered at Corona Plaza to protest after a Community Advisory Committee (CAC) unanimously approved the Metropolitan Park casino proposal. Protesters held signs reading "sold us out" and "casinos kill communities" opposing the $8 billion plan by Mets owner Steve Cohen and Hard Rock International. The project would convert 50 acres of Citi Field parking into a casino complex with a 25-acre public park, shops, restaurants, a food hall, and a rebuilt Mets-Willets Point subway station. The site required zoning and city map amendments and state parkland alienation legislation, which passed through legislative bodies and six Community Boards.
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