Incoming Jake’s 58 Casino President Excited for Expansion of Long Island Property
Jake’s 58 Casino Hotel on Long Island wants to go a more luxurious resort destination for New Yorkers.
Since its chess opening inward Feb 2017, the Islandia, NY, casino has offered guests nearly 1,000 video drawing terminals (VLTs). But aside from the gaming machines, the former Marriott hotel turned VLT casino was tripping on amenities.
In the coming months, the gambling casino plans to expand both its gaming and non-gaming attractions. The throw will follow overseen past outgoing New York State Sen. Phil Robert Boyle (R-Islip), who come up Jan will accept on his unexampled role of president of Suffolk OTB, the Long Island off-track betting and VLT operator that owns and manages Jake’s 58.
“The sky’s the limit,” Kay Boyle told Newsday of Jake’s 58’s future. “I consider Jake’s can buoy follow yet more successful than what it is.”
Jake’s has certainly been a success during its foremost half-decade in existence.
The VLT belongings is the most profitable video drawing casino inward the res publica alfresco of New York City. During the casino’s 2021/22 financial yr (April 1, 2021, through March 31, 2022), Jake’s 58 won to a greater extent than $248.7 trillion away of gamblers. Only Resorts World New York City ($628.4M) and Empire City Casino at Yonkers Raceway ($315.4M) generated to a greater extent VLT gross gaming revenue.
Jake’s is named after the Louis Jane Jacobs family, which owned the casino’s physical assets until endure twelvemonth when First State North — controlled past the kinfolk — sold the dimension to Suffolk OTB for $120 million. The “58” inward the casino’s public figure refers to the Long Island Expressway exit figure at which the cassino is located.
Machines Doubled
Jake’s 58 Casino Hotel wants to spread out the keep down of VLT positions it offers on its gaming floor. New York lawmakers earlier this yr signed away on legislation that seeks to grant off-track betting facilities with picture gaming terminals inwards Suffolk County to innkeeper upward to 2,000 VLTs. Currently, Jake’s is special to a maximum of 1,000 VLT machines.
The Jake’s 58 Casino elaboration statute was co-sponsored by Boyle. The evaluate passed the tell House and Senate over the summer, but stock-still needs New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s (D) signature.
I guess I canful purchase my contacts made o'er tierce decades in government activity to aid Suffolk OTB get to the next level,” Boyle added around his time to come leading Suffolk OTB and Jake’s 58.
If Hochul signs the Jake’s 58 VLT enlargement bill as expected, the gambling casino testament undergo numerous other resort hotel upgrades, Boyle says.
Boyle says the holding will enthrone inward Atlantic City-like amenities and attractions along with increasing the list of parking spaces from 600 to almost 2,000. That includes upgrading the property’s restaurants and exploring a retail sports betting license.
Each of the casino’s 227 hotel guestrooms is also go under for a refreshing, Robert Boyle detailed.
New Jake’s, Same Value
While Boyle says Jake’s 58 is band for an overhaul, he wants to tell the casino’s regulars that the gaming machines testament persist in to operate with attractive betting odds that ply entertainment inward a reasonable manner.
We’ll always hold the gaming that we feature now and the video drawing terminals and the outstanding entertainment value,” Boyle explained as he detailed ideas to incorporated a sports betting facility into the casino.
By adding gaming machines, revitalizing the casino’s hotel rooms, and peradventure edifice a sportsbook, Kay Boyle believes the futurity Jake’s 58 testament tender “an entirely new experience” for both young and longtime guests.