The Village of Islandia has voted to approve a planned Suffolk OTB slots parlor at the Islandia Marriott Hotel.

Long Island’s first casino, unanimously approved by the village board Friday, is to be developed by Buffalo-based Delaware North and is earmarked for 1,000 video lottery terminals.

The 279-room hotel is to be purchased by a Delaware North Company affiliate, which would then lease back space in the hotel for the video lottery terminals facility. The Islandia Marriott is owned by Columbia Sussex – a hotel company in Crestview Hills, Kentucky – whose portfolio also includes the Melville Marriott.

Suffolk OTB had previously proposed the casino be built at the former Showcase Cinemas property in Medford, but scrapped those plans after stiff community opposition. The agency wanted to build a 98,000-square-foot slots parlor with 1,000 gaming machines on the 32-acre site of the former multi-screen movie complex it had purchased for the purpose. However, a group of civic organizations and some local residents filed a lawsuit in an effort to block construction. Suffolk OTB also considered a site within Republic Airport in East Farmingdale before focusing on the Islandia Marriott.

The long-awaited slots parlor is slated to add 350 permanent jobs and pour millions into the local economy, according to Suffolk OTB officials, who have said revenue from the casino would lift it out of bankruptcy, paying off $17.5 million worth of debt dollar for dollar.

Several opponents of the Islandia plan carrying ‘No Casino’ signs tried to voice their opposition at Friday’s village board meeting, but the board voted to approve the Marriott location anyway. The VLT facility is expected to be completed within a year.

Islandia Mayor Allan Dorman said the VLTs will have a “minimal impact” on surrounding communities.

“It will be a hotel operating VLTs, not the other way around,” Dorman said in a written statement. “For one, there will be no Vegas-style shows at the hotel. Tony Orlando is not coming to Islandia.”

He added that revenue from the casino would reduce village taxes by 50 percent.