Sentences with phrase «state gaming facility»

The casino, located in Tyre, would «cannibalize» the region's gambling market — which members of the state Gaming Facility Location Board said they wanted to avoid when issuing their recommendations in December, according to lawyers for Finger Lakes Gaming & Racetrack in Farmington — about 33 miles east of the Lage site.

The New York State Gaming Facility Location Board approved Governor Cuomo's request for a new round of bidding for a casino in the Southern Tier.

It may not have taken place around a roulette wheel, but there was a palpable air of suspense as the state Gaming Facility Location Board announced three of the nearly 20 communities hoping to get a piece of the gaming action on Wednesday.

Two elected officials in Orange County have sent a letter to members of the New York State Gaming Facility Location Board, inviting them to tour an area they say needs a casino.

----------------------------- State Senator Tom Libous is calling on the New York State Gaming Facility Location Board, and the Governor to reconsider the Southern Tier's 2 applications for the fourth authorized casino license, at a press conference Friday in Binghamton:

It was just over six months ago that the New York State Gaming Facility Location Board announced that it was recommending three casino licenses.

On Monday, the four Capital Region casino applicants appeared in Albany to present their proposals to the New York State Gaming Facility Location Board.

A constant stream of people continued throughout the New York State Gaming Facility Location Board's 12 - hour session in Poughkeepsie.

NEWBURGH >> City of Newburgh Mayor Judy Kennedy and town of Newburgh Supervisor Gil Piaquadio have invited members of the New York State Gaming Facility Location Board to see firsthand what the elected officials say is a site that fits the economic revitalization intent of the casino law.

Tioga Downs in Nichols received the news from the State Gaming Facility Location Board, to go ahead with plans to expend for a full - scale casino, The board denied their bid last year, and gave the Southern Tier Casino license to... Continue reading →

Owner Jeffrey Gural and a group of advisers pitched the racetrack's revamped proposal to the state Gaming Facility Location Board.

Libous is supportive of the Tioga Downs casino project proposed by developer and businessman Jeff Gural, but the region was virtually shut out of the casino business when the state gaming facility siting board granted three licenses last month, not four as the state law allows.

Two elected officials in Orange County have penned a letter to members of the New York State Gaming Facility Location Board, inviting them to tour an area they say needs a casino.

Not exact matches

When it comings to casino gambling, New Yorkers remain evenly divided at 46 - 46, down from 49 - 42 last month, on whether to allow the expansion of non-Indian run gaming facilities across the state.

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The state Gaming Commission's Facility Location Board put out requests for applications Monday for casinos in the Albany area, the Catskills and the Southern Tier.

Despite increased competition from new facilities, Turning Stone Resort Casino has been named New York state's «best overall gaming resort» in an annual ranking published by Casino Player magazine.

Video lottery facilities like Vernon Downs pay 10 percent of their pre-tax gambling revenue to the state Gaming Commission to cover administrative costs.

His remarks came a day after the Rivers Casino and Resort at Mohawk Harbor got the nod for a license from the state's Gaming Facility Location Board for the Capital Region / Hudson Valley section by beating out competing proposals in Rensselaer, East Greenbush and Schoharie County.

Cuomo's deal, which was approved by the state Legislature last month, does not preclude bingo halls, horse racing tracks, charitable games of chance, or any gaming facility operated pursuant to the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act from operating within the counties where Indian casinos were granted exclusgaming facility operated pursuant to the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act from operating within the counties where Indian casinos were granted exclusGaming Regulatory Act from operating within the counties where Indian casinos were granted exclusivity.

The MAGIC facility, which received $ 13.5 million in state money, will build off of RIT's successful academic programs in gaming, film and animation.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo will today visit the three upstate counties selected for new casinos by the state's Gaming Facility Location Board.

The Seneca Nation of Indians is considering a Rochester - area casino in the town of Henrietta — a gaming and hotel facility that comes just after the state agreed to a new revenue - sharing plan with the tribe.

The state's gaming facility location board on Wednesday awarded casino licenses to project bids in Sullivan County, Schenectady and the town of Tyre in Seneca County.

The state Gaming Commission's Gaming Facility Location Board huddled last week, indicating it will make its decision as to which licenses will be issued at the next meeting, which is scheduled for Dec. 17.

The state's recommendation — which is expected to be formally approved by gaming regulators — does not include a fourth gaming license after the facility location board concluded fourth resort would not be economically viable.

In a letter to Cuomo released on Tuesday, Dwyer points to Cuomo late last week calling on the state's gaming facility location board to re-open the casino siting process in order to award a fourth casino license to a Southern Tier - based project.

«The Gaming Facility Location Board has met on three occasions to discuss the financial and employment histories of those applicants responsive to the Request For Application to Develop and Operate a Gaming Facility in New York state,» Gaming Commission Executive Director Robert Williams said at the meeting.

The New York State Gaming Commission released a report today detailing the selection process of the Gaming Facility Location Board.

The casino license would be the fourth awarded and comes after the state's gaming facility siting board decided in December to only issue three licenses for casino projects.

This data should include employment numbers at all facilities involved in gaming and wagering across the state, including facilities on Native American lands.»

The letter, which was addressed to both Cuomo and the members of the Gaming Facility Location Board, notes the original, stated intent of the casino expansion amendment approved by voters last year was to increase job growth and aid to schools.

Yet, the state Gaming Commission and gaming facility location board is requiring a large swath of information from developers including financialGaming Commission and gaming facility location board is requiring a large swath of information from developers including financialgaming facility location board is requiring a large swath of information from developers including financial data.

The region was essentially passed over for a casino project that same day as the hydrofracking announcement was made in the governor's year - end cabinet meeting, with the state's gaming facility location board awarding the project bid to a development proposal in Seneca County in the Finger Lakes region.

The state's Gaming Facility Location Board, which is choosing up to four projects out of 16 applications, met behind closed doors Friday, and the board chairman said the body will announce the winning applications at its next meeting.

Members of the state's Gaming Facility Location Board, which will make selections this fall, must base 70 percent of their decision on «economic activity and business development factors,» such as maximizing revenue and jobs.

Cahill, D - Kingston, renewed his call for passage of the bill in December after the state's Gaming Facility Location Board rejected the Nevele's bid for a casino license.

The Gaming Facility Location Board chose Empire Resorts» proposal for the Montreign Resort Casino, at the former Concord hotel site in the town of Thompson, as the lone applicant in the Catskills - Hudson Valley region that will be allowed to receive a gambling license from the state.

Following months of deliberations, the state's Gaming Facility Location Review Board announced Wednesday that it had picked the Montreign Resort Casino in the Catskills town of Thompson, in Sullivan County; the Rivers Casino & Resort at Mohawk Harbor in Schenectady; and Lago Resort & Casino in the Finger Lakes town of Tyre in Seneca County.

The casino's first 265 video lottery terminals opened at 1 p.m., just hours after the state Gaming Commission issued a certificate allowing the facility to open at Jake's 58 Hotel & Casino, on the north service road of the Long Island Expressway.

«However, the New York State Division of the Lottery has received $ 1 million mandatory entry fees from six potential bidders to develop and operate a video gaming facility at the Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens.

Mulrow has had a multi-year business relationship with Richard Fields, a gaming magnate who expressed interest in bidding on state - owned horse - racing facilities when the Cuomo administration floated a plan to privatize the tracks.

But, he also noted that casinos in Northern New Jersey would have a similar impact, and by approving NYC gaming facilities, he reasoned, at least revenue would have a chance of remaining inside state lines.

Gural, the chairman of Newmark Knight Frank and the prospective operator of a casino in New Jersey's Meadowlands, said he was «pleased» that the state's Gaming Facility Location Board voted Wednesday to allow him to apply for a full casino license.

So he was elated this week when the state's Gaming Facility Location Board selected a developer to build the kind of thing that he and so many others had tried to do for 40 years: an $ 800 million resort with a casino, 18 - story hotel, indoor - outdoor water park, conference center, cabins and hiking trails on the grounds of the old Concord property.

Robert Williams, executive director of the state Gaming Commission, noted that the casinos are just now getting started and «it's too early to draw any conclusions» about how the facilities are faring financially.

The requirement is designed to maximize the economic impact of a casino in the area, and to ensure that any Las Vegas - style facility approved for the area is a «high - quality, large - scale destination» casino, according to the state's Gaming Facility Location Board, which released requirements for each region now authorized to host afacility approved for the area is a «high - quality, large - scale destination» casino, according to the state's Gaming Facility Location Board, which released requirements for each region now authorized to host aFacility Location Board, which released requirements for each region now authorized to host a casino.

«The gaming facility has the potential to capture gaming revenue in - state that may currently be spent in a neighboring state,» he said.

New York's state Gaming Commission on Monday signed off on a plan to seek bids on what would be a fourth upstate casino, the same day that a new study indicated that tax revenues nationwide from such facilities are slowing.

Many of the dozens of green - shirted supporters of the project — some who said they worked for Resort World's casino in Queens — said they traveled from Brooklyn and elsewhere in New York City to attend the public hearing, being held by the state Gaming Commission's Facility Location board.