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Aqueduct Bidders Say They're Back in the Race

NEW YORK CITY-SL Green and other competitors for the 328,000-square-foot Queens racino make it known that they're interested now that the winning bid has been scratched.

By Paul Bubny | Updated on March 12, 2010

NEW YORK CITY-Bidders that were passed over in the state’s latest try at a deal for a racino at Aqueduct Race Track say they’re still interested now that the deal has fallen through. In a statement, SL Green Realty Corp.’s Marc Holliday says a team including his company and Hard Rock Café International is “ready to go forward.”

The SL Green CEO and others say the Paterson administration should select one of the existing proposals rather than reopen the bidding. “All parties would be best served by the immediate appointment of either Lottery or an independent apolitical committee to review those proposals,” Holliday says in the statement. “The decision should then be made on the respective proposals’ merits and the bidders’ ability to deliver the facility quickly.”

The New York Times quoted State Sen. Eric Adams, who chairs the Senate Racing, Gaming and Wagering Committee, as saying, “I think there are eligible vendors that are still there. Let’s just move on to the next eligible vendor.”

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