WAWARSING, N.Y. (AP) — Casino dreams in a small New York village on the edge of the Catskills focus on an empty hotel that had its heyday during the Borscht Belt era.
There are plans to build a $400 million-plus destination resort with gambling, golf, a long water slide and more at the old Nevele (NEH’-vuhl-lee) resort outside Ellenville, 70 miles north of New York City. Many leaders in this bucolic but struggling area feel it could recapture some of the tourist traffic from generations ago.
But developers say they will commit money only if casino gambling is approved and they are among the first granted licenses in the Catskills region.
New Yorkers won’t vote on whether to expand casino gambling for at least five months. It’s still not clear where casinos would go.
