Overview

• A six-member Community Advisory Committee voted down Caesars Palace Times Square, 4–2, preventing it from reaching the state Gaming Facility Location Board.
• A separate panel also rejected Silverstein Properties’ West Side Avenir proposal by the same margin, removing both Midtown projects from contention.
• Votes split along appointee lines, with representatives for Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams backing the bids and designees for Mark Levine, Liz Krueger, Tony Simone and Erik Bottcher opposing.
• Broadway leaders and neighborhood groups who warned of harm to the Theater District cheered the outcome, while SL Green CEO Marc Holliday condemned the vote as “a despicable display of cowardice.”
• Six proposals remain subject to CAC votes by Sept. 30, including bids at Coney Island, Aqueduct and Citi Field in Queens, Ferry Point in the Bronx, Yonkers Raceway and a Manhattan East Side site near the UN, with up to three licenses expected by year-end.