After a long, convoluted, and highly competitive process that started way back in 2013, New York City welcomed its first full-scale casino with live table games yesterday. The existing Resorts World racino, which was previously limited to slot machines (albeit 2,500 of them), kicked off table gaming with 240 blackjack, crap, baccarat, and roulette positions. Resorts World fast-tracked the expansion, hiring 1,250 new employees, including 950 dealers, most completing onboarding over the weekend. In addition, the Resorts World Dealer School has already trained and hired more than 400 local residents and another 500 graduates are expected by May. This casino is in Queens, next to Aqueduct Racetrack across the Belt Parkway from John F. Kennedy Airport; next up are Hard Rock, also in Queens near Citi Field in Flushing Meadows where the Mets play, and Bally’s in the Bronx, though those are being built from the ground up and aren’t expected to open for several years.
Source: Las Vegas News