The casino has generated just half the tax revenue that had initially been projected, but it has attracted tourists and boosted the local economy. It opened in February 2018, and today it provides around 1,400 union jobs. Resorts World Catskills, one of the four casinos New York approved by constitutional amendment in 2013, was touted as an economic development effort that would create jobs and generate revenue for upstate communities through taxes and tourism.
