America Has Built Too Many Casinos

In a few years, five of America’s six largest cities will have full-fledged casinos just a few miles from downtown. Los Angeles already has one in Commerce; Phoenix has a couple of tribal casinos within the metro area; Philadelphia has two inside city limits and one just beyond. Now New York City and Chicago are getting dealt in, as leaders look for new sources of jobs, revenue, and excitement to bolster city centers that are still struggling to recover from the pandemic.

New York state plans to approve as many as three casino licenses for the city, and operators and politicians have IDed Times Square as a potential location. That’s a fitting choice for Mayor Eric Adams, who has called himself the mayor of swagger and touted the city’s nightlife as an engine of revitalization.

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