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Genting steps up growth in the US with US$400m expansion at NY casino

A 400-room hotel, additional casino space, new retail, dining and entertainment will be added

Published Fri, Jul 14, 2017 · 09:50 PM

Hong Kong

NEW York's Resorts World Casino, the top-grossing slots parlour in the US, broke ground on a new 400-room hotel, part of the Malaysian group Genting's renewed multi-state effort to broaden its appeal to American gamblers.

The hotel marks a US$400 million expansion at the Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens that will include additional casino space, along with new retail, dining and entertainment, Resorts World and its parent announced in a statement on Thursday.

After a lull in its US activity, Genting is stepping up. The company recently began work on the first major new casino on the Las Vegas Strip in a decade, after letting the …

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