The state has been slowly deliberating the locations of potential casinos, and the licensing process seems to have slowed down considerably. There are several challenges to the Metropolitan Park development, including state approval of a Citi Field casino.

Improved and modernized road network, bike paths, and parking infrastructure.

Accessible and renovated mass transit station.

New connections to the waterfront, park, and surrounding community.

Visionary entertainment complex with a Hard Rock hotel, live music venue, and gaming.

Climate-ready infrastructure including solar, green roofs, and flood mitigation.

20 acres of new park space and 5 acres of community athletic fields and playgrounds.

Nearly 15,000 permanent and construction jobs.

Metropolitan Park delivers on the promise of a shared space that people will not only want to come to and enjoy, but can be truly proud of.”

“When I bought this team, fans and the community kept saying we needed to do better. “It’s time the world’s greatest city got the sports and entertainment park it deserves,” said New York Mets owner Steve Cohen in an announcement of the plan. Before that it was an ash dumping ground.) So what’s on the table - Metropolitan Park, named for the full name of the Mets - certainly isn’t a surprise.īut, when combined with the proposed soccer stadium also pitched for the area, Metropolitan Park will be a transformational development of one of the most desirable open areas in all of New York City. (Interesting trivia: the site has been used as a parking lot since the 1937 World’s Fair. Upgrading the underused parking lots at Citi Field was a goal for Cohen since he bought the team. We have the long-awaited Citi Field casino plan from New York Mets owner Steve Cohen: Metropolitan Park, which includes a new gaming facility developed with Hard Rock International, a hotel, food hall and a live music venue.

By Kevin Reichard on Novemin Major-League Baseball

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