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TOWN OF NEWBURGH - A planned casino in the Newburgh Mall cleared one hurdle Monday night when the Newburgh Town Board approved a zoning change to allow the operation of a gambling hall in a shopping-center district.
The five-member board also voted unanimously to approve a host benefit agreement with casino operator Resorts World, which has offered to pay the town $3 million a year to cover additional policing and other costs it may incur.
Resorts World is now awaiting the town planning board s approval to renovate nearly a quarter of the mall to create a casino with 1,300 electronic games known as video lottery terminals. The company has said the $32 million project could be completed as soon as six months after approval but might take longer because of pandemic-related shortages of building materials.
The Town of Newburgh would get $780,000 a year in state aid for casino recordonline.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from recordonline.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
TOWN OF NEWBURGH - The casino operators who run Resorts World Catskills in Sullivan County plan to open a new gambling hall with video lottery terminals in part of the Newburgh Mall. That move would position what could be a major player in the gaming industry at the nexus of two interstate highways.
Resorts World has been authorized by the state since 2019 to open an Orange County facility to deploy electronic slot machines that previously were licensed at Monticello Raceway in Sullivan. The company initially scouted potential sites in the Harriman area, near another Thruway interchange, but shifted its attention to an existing commercial space about about a 20-minute drive north of Harriman.