“You have to have a footprint of real estate large enough to take advantage of the size of the market,” he said. In an interview after he addressed an employee meeting at the Atlantic City casino, Hard Rock chairperson Jim Allen said the company has lined up at least three potential sites in New York for a casino, though he would not identify them.īut he did say the soon-to-open 446-room Hard Rock Hotel New York would not be one of them.
The company, owned by Florida’s Seminole tribe, will open a new $400 million to $500 million hotel in Manhattan in April, and has long operated a Hard Rock Cafe near Times Square that has been a must-see on the tourist circuit.īut its plan for a new $2 billion casino in the city would dwarf those investments. Hard Rock, the global gambling, hospitality and entertainment company, has three potential sites on which it could build a casino in New York City, its chairperson said Thursday. Click here to learn more and to get in touch.
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