the level of competition from surrounding states<\/a> has made the situation difficult, but that the casino can still rebound.<\/p>\n\u201cThe results are indicative of a challenging marketplace,\u201d Eller said. \u201c[But] there\u2019s a huge market out there, and we\u2019re developing better ways to go after it.\u201d<\/p>\n
One of the major hopes is that more visitors will come as additional non-gaming amenities are opened at the Thompson complex. A lower-cost hotel is set to launch in December, which will include retail space and additional food and drink options. In 2019, both an indoor water park and a golf course are set to open.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019ll certainly improve themselves when those other things open,\u201d Father Richard McGowan, a management professor at Boston College, told the Herald-Record. \u201cThere\u2019s a question of how much more casino activity can take place. What we have here is a classic case of over-projection.\u201d<\/p>\n
Trending Downward<\/h2>\n While it would be a stretch to say that these struggles have been predictable, there was certainly a worry that the Catskills casino could underperform. The three other upstate New York casinos that were opened in the last two years have all fallen short of their projected revenues.<\/p>\n
The Rivers Casino & Resort in Schenectady earned approximately $116 million in its first year, well below a projected range of around $200 million. The del Lago Resort and Casino in the Finger Lakes performed so poorly that its owners sought a bailout from state officials. Tioga Downs Casino Resort owner Jeff Gural has said that his venue is underperforming its expectations by about 25 percent.<\/strong><\/p>\nThe poor results for Resorts World Catskills have begun to call into question how well Empire Resorts will be able to handle the $535 million in debt it took on to build the resort. Moody\u2019s has downgraded that debt to a negative rating, and says that evaluation could fall even further if revenues don\u2019t start to improve.<\/p>\n
Things could get yet worse for the facility in the long term as well. Not only are more casinos set to open in Massachusetts, but New York State could license additional casinos in the New York City metro area, something that would reduce the likelihood of gamblers traveling up from the city to the rural resort.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Resorts World Catskills was expected to be the crowning jewel of New York\u2019s upstate casino expansion plans. But since opening in February, the venue has brought in less than half of its projected gaming revenue. The casino is averaging just under $12 million a month in gross gaming revenue (GGR), putting the venue on pace […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":84292,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,10,18],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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