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Casino Gambling at Least a Year Away in New York

MONTICELLO, NY-The recent death of Arthur Goldberg will not derail the company's plans to build an Indian-operated casino here. However, it appears that such a proposal cannot get the green light for at least a year.

By John Jordan | Updated on November 01, 2000

MONTICELLO, NY-There have been a host of proposals to build a casino in the Catskills in New York State, however, to date there is no official plan in the approval process, therefore, an Indian-run casino in Sullivan County is still at least 12 months away from being approved.

The prospect that casino gambling would come to Sullivan County looked like a sure bet earlier this year when the U.S. Interior Department’s Bureau of Indian Affairs approved an application to put land into trust for the St. Regis Mohawk tribe for a casino at Monticello Raceway. However, shortly after the approval was granted in April, the St. Regis Mohawks abandoned the Monticello Raceway plan and its developer Catskill Development. Instead, the tribe turned to gaming giant Park Place Entertainment Corp., which is now moving forward on a plan to redevelop the Kutsher’s hotel resort into a casino for the St. Regis Mohawks.

However, to date the only approved application for an Indian-run casino in Sullivan County is the proposal at Monticello Raceway, according to a spokesperson for the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Washington, DC. If the St. Regis Mohawks move ahead with Park Place and its plan at Kutsher’s, a new application would have to be filed and approved.

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