New York: $210M expansion of Jake’s 58 casino breaks ground Monday on Long Island

Long Island business and community leaders and local elected officials will join executives from Suffolk Regional Off-Track Betting Corporation and its development team at a groundbreaking ceremony Monday to mark the start of a $210 million expansion and improvement project at Jake’s 58 Casino Hotel in Islandia.

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The 300,000-square-foot expansion and 225,000-square-foot renovation will double the number of video lottery terminals to 2,000, triple the amount of parking and make way for upscale restaurants and new services aimed at enhancing the overall visitor experience.

Suffolk OTB, which owns and operates Jake’s 58, engaged Patchogue-based bld Architecture to design the project and navigate the approvals process with the Village of Islandia.