The Mets’ dreams of a 2025 championship may be dead, but team owner Steve Cohen’s hopes of a Citi Field-adjacent casino and entertainment complex are still very much alive.
The project’s community advisory committee unanimously voted Tuesday to advance the proposal to the state Gaming Commission, which will determine which projects will get the state’s three coveted full downstate gaming licenses, slated to be awarded by year’s end.
“I could not be more excited about the potential this project represents,” Queens Borough President Donovan Richards said in casting his vote Tuesday. “Queens hit the jackpot with the Metropolitan Park project.”
In addition to Cohen’s plan, dubbed Metropolitan Park, three other projects made it to the final stage of the yearslong process: Genting’s Resorts W