Group Hopes To Open Sports, Gambling Resort At Site Of Old Catskills Hotel

NEW YORK (AP) -- Developers who failed to land a casino license at the site of an old Borscht Belt hotel in the Catskills hope to build a smaller sports and gambling resort there.

The group that wanted to run a Las Vegas-style casino at the shuttered Nevele Resort in Ulster County say they have asked the Cuomo administration for support for legislation to operate 750 video lottery terminals at the proposed $100 million resort.

The resort about 70 miles north of New York City also would include a ``Sportsplex'' with an indoor aquatics center, four baseball fields and eight fields for soccer, field hockey and lacrosse.

Developers say the VLTs would make the resort viable year-round.

There was no immediate comment from the Cuomo administration.