The hope is that by operating an all season destination resort around a commercial casino, it will breathe new life into this historic tourist region, which is now economically depressed. The region was once a thriving tourist area that had more than 500 hotels and bungalow colonies, most of which are long gone now.
The 1.6 million-square-foot resort sits on property that was once home to the Concord Hotel, a prominent hotel in the Borscht Belt-era of the Catskills.
Photograph Courtesy of Resorts World Catskills Some Catskills History
