Last Manhattan Casino Bid Knocked Out of Fight for License

The proposed site of the ‘Freedom Plaza’ project in New York.Photographer: Yuvraj Khanna/Bloomberg

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By Patrick Clark

September 22, 2025 at 2:14 PM UTC

Updated on

September 22, 2025 at 7:23 PM UTC

There will be no Manhattan casino.

On Monday, a committee representing city and state elected officials rejected a bid from New York office landlord Stefan Soloviev and Mohegan, who proposed to build an $11.2 billion casino project on Manhattan’s East Side, right near the United Nations’ headquarters.