Yonkers Tribune For the seventh consecutive year, Empire City Casino at Yonkers Raceway and Catholic Charities will team up to make the holiday season a little warmer and a little brighter for families in need. Empire City will host the 17-day “Christmas Spirit Toy and Coat Drive” from Friday, November… Read more »
Owegopennysaver The Food Bank of the Southern Tier announces that from now through Dec. 31, Tioga Downs Casino Racing and Entertainment will sponsor the 4th Annual Turkey Drive to ensure that Southern Tier families in need can enjoy a plentiful holiday meal. Tioga Downs will maximize every donation to this… Read more »
Queens Chronicle The grandstand walls at Aqueduct Racetrack will serve as canvasses for 11 contemporary urban artists who will transform the first floor of New York City’s only racetrack into a horse racing-themed street art show for “Aqueduct Murals,” opening to the public on Saturday. “New York City is arguably… Read more »
WENY News Tioga Downs is already expanding just days after New York voters approved Proposition 1 to allow table games in in the state. Monday morning, Tioga Downs officially broke ground for a new indoor parking garage. President and CEO Jeff Gural began designing expansion plans for the racino two… Read more »
WBNG Binghamton The Food Bank of the Southern Tier has announced that from now through December 31st, Tioga Downs Casino Racing & Entertainment will sponsor the 4th Annual Turkey Drive to ensure that Southern Tier families in need can enjoy a plentiful holiday meal. According to a news release: Tioga… Read more »
Queens Gazette On Veterans Day, November 11, 2013 Resorts World Casino New York City hosted a Veterans Day ceremony, with special guests Lt. Col. Clayton F. Lawrence and Audley Coulthurst of the Tuskegee Airmen. In attendance were veterans from across the borough, as well as several local elected officials including… Read more »
Albany Business Review Jim Featherstonhaugh will tell you nothing really changed in his life last night, when a majority of New York voters agreed to allow full-blown casinos to be built. At the least, though, the vote vindicated the calculated bets that Featherstonhaugh and the other owners of Saratoga Casino… Read more »
The Daily Review On Tuesday, New York State voters had an opportunity to vote on Proposition One, an amendment that will allow casino gaming in New York State. According to New York State’s Governor Andrew Cuomo, who visited the Southern Tier on Wednesday and following the passage of Proposition One,… Read more »
Mid-Hudson News A game changer for the Catskills and the Hudson Valley is how Governor Andrew Cuomo described the passage of Proposal 1, to legalize casino gambling in New York. He came to Bethel Wood Performing Arts Center on Wednesday, the day after the state constitutional amendment was approved. The… Read more »
Times Herald-Record After nearly a half century of broken promises and shattered dreams, a casino will finally rise in the Catskills. New York state voters on Tuesday were overwhelmingly in favor of a constitutional amendment to legalize non Indian casinos – two of which could be built in the Catskills,… Read more »