The Freedom Plaza Community Advisory Committee, a six-member panel established to gauge public support for the project, voted 4-2 Monday to disapprove it.
Wednesday's votes leave Freedom Plaza, the Soloviev-Mohegan bid, as the only Manhattan project in the running for one of three downstate New York casino licenses.
ESPN and other media outlets reported Thursday that the state is preparing to offer more than $250 million for a share of the team to keep it from leaving Connecticut.