Resorts World New York City
110-00 Rockaway Boulevard | also 110-10 Rockaway Boulevard | South Ozone Park | built 1957
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- 2010
Governor Paterson, Floyd Flake and Jay-Z pull out of the troubled Aqueduct casino deal
Governor David Paterson picked the Aqueduct Entertainment Group to run a racino here in January 2010, amid charges that the group was allowed to improve the weakest bid. Jay-Z held 7 percent of it, and federal prosecutors looked at the award, made two days after investor and Queens pastor Floyd Flake threatened to back Andrew Cuomo instead. On March 9 Paterson, Flake and Jay-Z withdrew, and the state dropped the bid two days later.
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- 2011
Genting opens Resorts World, New York City's first legal casino, at Aqueduct
After years of failed attempts to open video gaming at Aqueduct, which the state legalized at racetracks in 2001, lottery officials accepted Genting Group's bid in August 2010, with a $380 million upfront licensing fee. The casino opened on October 28, 2011, offering 2,280 gaming terminals as the first Resorts World built in America and the only legal casino in the city. A skybridge to the Aqueduct Racetrack subway station followed in 2013.
“Genting opened the Resorts World Casino New York City on October 28, 2011, with 2,280 gaming terminals.”
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- 2025
The state Gaming Commission grants Resorts World a full casino license
Genting proposed in 2024 to turn the site into a $5 billion resort with more hotel rooms, a 7,000-seat arena and convention space if it won one of three downstate casino licenses. The local advisory committee backed the bid unanimously on September 25, 2025, the siting board recommended it on December 1, and the Gaming Commission gave final approval on December 15.
“Final approval of the casino license was given by the Gaming Commission on December 15, 2025.”
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- 2026
Live table games arrive at Resorts World as the neighboring Aqueduct track closes
The casino had run automated versions of baccarat, blackjack, craps and roulette alongside video slots. Live table games started on April 28, 2026. The Aqueduct Racetrack next door shut that June after 132 years, and building work on the expansion began on the old track site in July 2026.
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