After two decades of lobbying for casinos in New Hampshire and being rejected by the state’s citizen legislature, gambling interests finally sold the Rockingham Park property in Salem, the former thoroughbred horse track. Now it is being redeveloped in ways that improve people’s lives.
Today, the 170-acre Rockingham Park is being redeveloped into the largest mixed-used development of its kind in New England. It features a luxury hotel, retail, dining and residential uses with pedestrian-friendly boulevards and a town center-style palazzo.
The economic impact of the project is massive. It will create thousands of jobs, generate approximately $2.4 million in annual property tax revenue and provide $2.1 million in project impact fees.
You can read more about it here.
New Hampshire Community Builds Massive Housing and Retail Complex After State Opposed Casinos