The Mets owner’s most immediate issue seems to be that the proposed site sits on state-owned parkland. Despite the demand to build, the state can only give out three licenses, so many of those plans will never come to fruition.Įven if Cohen’s proposal was one of the most viable, it faces several roadblocks (although it does avoid the problem of being in Manhattan, which many New Yorkers have opposed). That includes Jay-Z’s Roc Nation, which shared an open letter in May about its intention to open a casino in Times Square.
New York hasn’t set a deadline for casino proposals to be submitted, and at least a dozen other applicants have already thrown their hat in the ring.
