Overview

• Bally’s Ferry Point plan won a 5-1 Community Advisory Committee vote, sending the proposal to the state siting process after the lone dissent from Councilmember Kristy Marmorato’s appointee, Danielle Volpe.
• The proposed $4 billion, roughly 3-million-square-foot project includes a 500,000-square-foot gaming facility, a 500-room hotel and a 2,000-person event center on 16 acres at the Ferry Point site.
• Bally’s previously paid the Trump Organization $60 million for the site lease and would owe an additional $115 million if the casino receives a state license.
• The Bronx bid moved forward after Mayor Eric Adams vetoed a City Council move that had stalled the project, overcoming earlier local opposition to rezoning and parkland concerns.
• Resorts World in Queens and MGM Empire City in Yonkers have already advanced with unanimous CAC approvals, three Manhattan bids were rejected, and CAC votes on Coney Island and Metropolitan Park near Citi Field are scheduled before the state’s December decisions.