An interesting read from The Guardian..
“A predatory project is being dumped in our community that disproportionately harms our people,” said Jack Hu, 35, a Flushing resident and member of the No Casino in Flushing Meadows Corona Park campaign. “This community is really upset about this project and how it was pushed through without our consent.”
Metropolitan Park is a casino and entertainment project backed by the New York Mets owner, Steve Cohen, and Hard Rock International through Queens Future LLC. The development would turn parking lots next to Citi Field at Willets Point into a casino, hotel, restaurants, an entertainment district and a public park between the Flushing and Corona neighborhoods.
Mets Police would like to point out it already was a public park, perhaps not the kind of visual you like, but it was parkland, which was handed over to billionaires. There is already a casino in Queens by Aqueduct.