A Casino in Times Square? — Page 2

Patty3 said: "With much of the Broadway Audience made up of tourists this might take some dollars away from Broadway and off-Broadway. Now tourists will be spending one or more nights in the casino instead of a theater.

And it will be another reason for New Yorkers to stay away from the Theater District.

It will also attract a whole new bunch of characters (Ala Damon Runyon) to the Theater District who probably won't care about theater. Anyone for a remake of Guys and Dolls?"

I agree with this. Who wants more unruly people in Times Square, especially if they were drinking to the point of being totally zonked? Would we want that in Times Square/the theater district?

Are there going to be any theaters or hotels? Just a stand alone hotels seems...tacky.

Call_me_jorge said: "I think there is a huge difference between a casino on the strip in Las Vegas versus in a high rise right off of Times Square. The strip is unincorporated. There is no local police, fire, or emt. It is all provided by the casinos, at least they are supposed to provide those services. A casino in New York City won’t need to place their own security forces on the streets, because the NYPD is already there. That doesn’t mean there won’t be increased security in the area. I’m sure if there was a casino there the NYPD would have more cops patrolling that area. On top of that the casino would definitely have their own private security for inside the casino. So, I agree with equity that there would be increased security in the theatre district. As long as it provides more tax revenue for the city, which it should, I don’t see any reason to be against this Casino."

I agree with you. I also don't see anything bad in such a casino. It will for sure provide more security to the area, and more money also. And I think that it will attract even more tourists, but also locals. A lot of people like playing casino games, but not all have a chance to visit an offline one. I don't have a casino in my town, so I play online. Only when I travel to other cities, I can play sometimes. But it's okay because there are so many casinos online nowadays. Some time ago I came across this site https://gamblizard.ca/best-canadian-online-casinos/best-payout-casino/ which helped me out a lot when I was looking for a new casino to play. There is information about a few casinos with fast payout, as well as info about games, and bonuses, and it took me a few minutes to choose the best one. Now I play and enjoy, but still hope that one day I'll be able to visit offline casinos more often.

Updated On: 11/20/23 at 12:41 PM

"According to the proposal for 1515 Broadway, the casino would take up eight floors in the building, with 250K SF of gambling space, 950 hotel rooms and a refurbished theater that would become the home of The Lion King."

Times Square Building Owners Rally Behind SL Green Casino Bid

Yea, any new business in the theatre district needs to service broadway. If not, you're out. The Broadway League and Shubert Organization have come out against it. Let's hope thats enough to shut it down. We need less people in times square, not more.

Interestingly, Nederlander has remained quiet on this. I guess they benefit if the theatre gets refurbished? If this gets approved and I were Disney, i'd try scooping up the Mark Hellinger and throw Lion King in there.

It's surprising that they have not done this before.

It's almost as if there's a proposal with all this information laid out for everybody to read!

Broadway Flash said: ""According to the proposal for 1515 Broadway, the casino would take up eight floors in the building, with 250K SF of gambling space, 950 hotel rooms and a refurbished theater that would become the home of The Lion King."

Times Square Building Owners Rally Behind SL Green Casino Bid"

What is the theatre in question here?

Pfft, the West End is full of casinos and nobody is whining.

BoringBoredBoard40 said: "blaxx said: "Pfft, the West End is full of casinos and nobody is whining."

the west end also isn't concentrated to the size of ten city blocks"

Broadway is more than ten blocks, but either way, a casino will not disrupt the theater scene by any means.

In fact, it has taken a while for other kind of businesses to take a shot at an area with such potential of profitability.

At this point Times Square should've had a casino, a circus, a roller coaster, a concert hall, a sports stadium and a zoo; so count your blessings.

Broadway Flash said: "The theatre in question would be the minskoff. That whole building, 1515 broadway is the one they want to turn into a hotel with a casino. Honestly, I wish the Shuberts would start buying up some midtown real estate. They could turn it into an elegant hotel. The Broadway Hotel"



1) The Shuberts own PLENTY of midtown real estate.

2) The last thing that midtown needs is more hotels rooms. Of the ones that remain and didn't shut down during Covid, many are still being rented out to NYC as migrant and/or homeless shelters (and NYC is paying handsomely for those rooms -- easily 2-3x the "rack rate").

So they'd demolish the Minksoff just to rebuild a theater specifically for The Lion King? Or just build around the existing theater?