Resorts World New York City is set to officially open its first full-scale casino floor with live table games on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, pending the New York Gaming Commission’s final testing this week. At the landmark facility next to Aqueduct Racetrack, the reimagined third floor with over 240 table games will offer clients blackjack, craps, baccarat, and roulette and thousands of slot machines with various multi-million dollar jackpots.
“New York City has never seen anything like what we’re planning for April 28. Once the Gaming Commission’s final testing is complete, live table games will be open and operating right here in Queens for the first time in the history of New York City. We are ready to welcome New Yorkers to this exciting new experience. Resorts World now employees over 2200 Team Members and have already doubled our workforce and expect thousands more Team Members as the integrated resort is developed over the next three years. This is a transformational moment for Resorts World New York City, and we cannot wait to share it with our fellow New Yorkers,” said Robert DeSalvio, President of Genting Americas East.
At the official opening, Genting Chairman KT Lim and hip-hop legend NAS will be joined by a who’s who of elected officials, community leaders and entertainers to kick off the action at a Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony and ceremonial throw of the first dice.
The launch marks the culmination of an intensive hiring and training effort resulting in 1250 new jobs, including 950 new table-game dealers – most of whom completed orientation over several days this week. All in, the facility now employs 2200 people and is slated to grow to over 2700 people by Summer. That workforce pipeline is also backed by Resorts World NYC’s Introduction to Gaming workforce development program, which began in 2022 and has now helped train more than 350 local residents in gaming operations. Additionally, the Resorts World Dealer School has already trained and hired over 400 local residents at the Queens property, and another 500 graduates are expected by May. Altogether, these efforts are creating one of the most robust gaming workforces in the country.
