After the final public hearing on the proposed Avenir casino in Hell's Kitchen, the Community Advisory Committee overseeing the project is now tasked with weighing two starkly different visions of the neighborhood's future one cast as a community in dire need of a shot in the arm, the other as a family-friendly enclave already choked with congestion that a casino would ruin.
We believe that this is the only location, having looked at them all, been approached by other partners, where a casino will blend seamlessly into the identity and the character of a neighborhood that really needs an upgrade, Ballotti said.