Category: Alliance
The Yonkers Times, 3/28/2021 On March 26, New York labor leaders led a virtual rally to demonstrate growing support for a full gaming license and access to mobile sports betting for Empire City Casino by MGM Resorts, touting its benefits for Yonkers, the Bronx, and the greater Westchester region. With labor unions supporting the expansion […]
WCBS880, Kristie Keleshian, 3/27/2021 NEW YORK (WCBS 880) – Downstate officials and union leaders announced their support for expanding MGM Resorts’ Empire City Casino in Yonkers, saying it will help revive the state’s economy. Supports hope to see the casino get a full-scale casino license, retail, mobile sports betting and live table games. They’re calling […]
Patch, Victoria Hochman, 3/27/2021 Today, New York labor leaders led a virtual rally to demonstrate growing support for a full gaming license and access to mobile sports betting for Empire City Casino by MGM Resorts, touting its benefits for Yonkers, the Bronx, and the greater Westchester region. Since its launch in early March, membership in […]
Bronx Times, Alex Mitchell, 3/26/2021 It’s a “no brainer” to expand MGM Resorts’ Empire City Casino and raceway to include a hotel, a 10,000 seat convention center, mobile sports betting and full table games, business leaders in the Bronx and Westchester strongly argue. Members of those commerce and labor communities, who have formed an alliance […]
The Yonkers Times, 3/7/2021 A Sure Bet for New York’s Future” Alliance Launches & Calls on Governor and Legislature to Support a Full Gaming License and Access to Mobile Sports Betting for Empire City Casino by MGM Resorts in Yonkers “A Sure Bet for New York’s Future” announced the creation of the new local alliance […]
Yogonet, 3/8/2021 A group of 32 businesses, community organizations and labor groups have come together under the banner “A Sure Bet for New York’s Future” to support a full gaming license and access to mobile sports betting for MGM’s Empire City Casino in Yonkers, New York. The alliance staged a virtual news conference on Thursday […]
Real Estate In-Depth, John Jordan, March 5th, 2021 YONKERS—A group led by business and labor organizations in Westchester and the Bronx have formed an alliance called “A Sure Bet for New York’s Future” in support of a full gaming license and access to mobile sports betting for Empire City Casino in Yonkers by MGM Resorts. […]
Westchester Magazine, Duke Ratliff, March 5th, 2021 An alliance of business leaders pushes to rejuvenate the economic powerhouse with expanded offerings like retail, sports betting, and gaming tables. An alliance of nearly 30 businesses and organizations from Westchester and the Bronx, calling itself “A Sure Bet for New York’s Future,” has launched to call on […]
CBS2 (NY), Tony Aiello, March 4th, 2021 YONKERS, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — Business leaders in Westchester County and the Bronx are going all-in on full casino gambling at Empire City. Adding table games to the mix of video terminals will require action in Albany, where the governor, who often holds all the cards, now has a […]
News12 The Bronx, March 4th, 2021 There are calls to make Empire City Casino in Yonkers a full-scale gaming complex. A group of more than 20 businesses, labor unions and community organizations called on state lawmakers to grant Empire City the license that would allow live table games and mobile sports betting. At a virtual […]