“The field is getting more crowded by the day, which was expected,” said Michael Treanor of Nevele Investors, a group that will bid to open a casino at the site of an old, closed Catskills hotel in Ellenville. There will be four upstate licenses available, and more than twice that number of groups have expressed interest in operating a casino in the Catskills region, the Southern Tier or the Albany-Saratoga area. New York officials will begin awarding casino licenses next year after voters passed a state constitutional amendment to allow Las Vegas-style casinos beyond Indian land.
More potential competitors for upstate New York casino licenses are emerging despite an increasingly crowded Northeast market.
