ALBANY — Developers who hope to build a $750 million casino resort on the site of a grand old Catskills hotel said they could start building within a month if granted a license.
EPR Properties and Empire Resorts unveiled details of their plans for a 1,110-room resort where the Concord Hotel once stood, about 90 miles northwest of New York City.
More than a dozen groups have interest in applying for one of four casino licenses being granted this year upstate.
The developers said they could gear up for construction within 30 days.
“Our proposed casino and four-star hotel is already designed, and we can begin to build without delay, should we receive a destination-resort license,” said Emanuel Pearlman, Empire Resorts’ chairman of the board.
Voters in November passed a constitutional amendment allowing the expansion of casinos beyond Indian-owned land. A state siting board was officially appointed Wednesday and is expected to put out a request for applications by the end of the month.