The overall $1.2 billion resort will have a hotel, an entertainment village, an indoor waterpark lodge and an 18-hole golf course. The casino in the heart of the old Borscht Belt will be about 90 miles from Manhattan and will feature 150 table games and 2,150 slot machines.
Resorts World Catskills will be the fourth of four Las Vegas-style casinos to open in upstate New York under an amendment to the state constitution approved by New York voters. The Resorts World Catskills casino northwest of New York City is set to open on Feb. Two will be in the Catskill-Hudson Valley region, where some potential sites include old Borscht Belt hotels. 5, that authorizes seven Las Vegas-style casinos.
New York voters approved an amendment to the state constitution on Tuesday, Nov. People gamble at the Monticello Casino and Raceway in Monticello, N.Y., Wednesday, Nov.
