Bally’s Corp. has revealed plans for Bally’s Bronx, a $4 billion gaming and hospitality complex proposed for Throggs Neck, The Bronx. Designed by HKS with Gensler as the interior designer, the 3-million-square-foot development would contain a casino, a 23-story hotel with 500 rooms, a convention and event center, and more than 100,000 square feet of food, beverage, and retail space. The complex is planned to take shape within Ferry Point Park on the site of the Bally’s Golf Links at Ferry Point golf course adjacent to the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge.
Bally’s submitted the application to the New York Gaming Facility Location Board on June 30 and is competing for one of the three downstate gaming licenses expected to be awarded before the end of the year.
The above aerial rendering details the scope of the complex and its location alongside the eastern edge of the elevated Bronx-Whitestone bridge ramps. The facility features a Y-shaped footprint that wraps around the southern tip of the golf course. At the junction of the structure’s three wings is a curvilinear sky bridge topped with an expansive landscaped terrace, and additional green roofs are shown covering the rest of the stepped setbacks. Winding walkways and a redesigned vehicular entrance on the northern end of the property are also visible.
Below are additional renderings showing the streamlined glass and metal façade.
Bally’s Bronx. Designed by HKS.
Bally’s Bronx. Designed by HKS.
Bally’s Bronx. Designed by HKS.
The following diagram details the program spaces inside the building.
Bally’s Bronx. Designed by HKS.
The casino would contain 500,000 square feet of gaming floor space with 3,500 slot machines and 250 table games, including poker. The facility would also include a 2,000-person convention center, meeting spaces, multiple restaurants representing the gastronomic culture of The Bronx, entertainment spaces showcasing the borough’s arts and music, and more than 4,600 parking spots.
The development would require the city to transfer 16 acres of public park land to Bally’s through an alienation process. This land would account for nearly four percent of the 413-acre Ferry Point Park. The process advanced through the City Council with the help of Eric Adams and most of the Council Members representing The Bronx.
Bally’s Corp. expects the casino development to generate $1.9 billion in statewide economic impact, $357 million in annual tax revenue, as well as 15,000 union construction jobs and nearly 4,000 permanent union jobs with average full-time wages of $96,200. The company projects an annual casino visitor count of 9 million, with 8.2 million coming from outside The Bronx.
Community benefits would include a LEED-certified design, $100 million worth of waterfront and parkland improvements, expanded roadways, and enhanced access to the Bally Links site.
Bally’s has also pledged $10 million in public safety commitments that would partially fund the creation of New York Police Department substations, among other outlets. Low- or no-cost access to Bally’s facilities was promised to area nonprofits and community groups.
“This isn’t a plan on paper,” said Soo Kim, chairman of Bally’s Corporation, in a statement. “This is a ready-to-go development with community at its core. From job creation to tax revenue, from infrastructure upgrades to cultural investment, Bally’s Bronx checks every box, and then some.”
The property is currently occupied by a parking lot and several low-rise structures including The Waterfront NYC restaurant and the Michael Breed Golf Academy. These would all require demolition.
The Ferry Point ferry terminal is closely located to the site on the southwestern tip of the peninsula.
Subscribe to YIMBY’s daily e-mail
Follow YIMBYgram for real-time photo updates
Like YIMBY on Facebook
Follow YIMBY’s Twitter for the latest in YIMBYnews
There is no public transit near this part of the city. Closest subway station is 3 miles away, how do they put this into consideration?
All the years they were pushing dirt around to make the golf course. The site is a garbage landfill which subsides and gives off explosive methane gas. The neighboring houses were found to have dangerous levels during the golf course construction and special wells had to be created to vent the gas.
The site is largely inaccessible by public transportation except for buses to/from Flushing a mile away. Building a casino next to a large cemetery might be off putting for those who believe in luck.
LOL. Hadn’t even thought of the cemetery. Yet another reason this proposal is stupid.
I really don’t know what’s wrong with being next to a cemetery. I know it’s right. You won’t have much interference except for the people visiting. Remember in Europe, many cemeteries are public parks
0% chance of winning. The Mets site has the #7 train, and the LIRR. and 35,000 Mets fans 81 days per year. This site has nothing.
A great view of the Whitestone Bridge?
Does the Bronx need a casino that will take the money Bronxites would have spent on dining, entertainment and everyday expenses and instead funnel it to a large out of state corporation ? Guess our incorruptible politicians think so.
A universal truth concerning all casinos and gambling: no one is forced to participate. So it’s not like money will be vacuumed out of the pockets of Bronxites unless they foolishly go there to gamble in the hopes of striking it big (but leaving with less money than they came with).
Exactly!
No one way be forced. But that’s not really a test. It is society’s responsibility not to exploit people with addictions. It’s interesting. They talk about exploring mostly people not from the Bronx as if that’s a better thing than just hurting people from the Bronx. I guess that’s being parochial and protected your own?
Giving this one the ‘Bronx Cheer’..
East Bronx resident here. I’m against it. We’ve got Yonkers Empire City. This is too close.
That’s all.
Times Square and Citi Field seem best.
Great ! Keep that garbage away from anywhere locals and visitors will care to go !
Absolutely NOT…this area makes no sense.
This is being built for one thing only. Construction contracts. It will open and possibly flounder for a few years before closing down. Balley gets a huge tax write off.