Central New
York Raceway Park is a big racing complex being built in Oswego County by Donnelly, the entrepreneur who started Super DIRT Week and ran it for 33 years.
In 2015, Cuomo announced that Super DIRT Week, a 5 - day DIRT racing event that has been held at the New York State Fair for decades, would be moving to the Central New
York Raceway, and the state would provide another $ 5 million to help build the facility.
It was supposed to move to the new Central New
York Raceway Park in Hastings, Oswego County.
Just months later, in March 2014, Eimicke shows up in government records, identified as a representative of Central New
York Raceway Park, a proposed auto and horse racing track near Central Square that Andrew Cuomo had awarded $ 2.75 million.
The major racing event was supposed to take place at the new Central New
York Raceway Park in Hastings, but New York officials had to shift gears because of construction delays.
Not exact matches
Among the more interesting contributors: Genting New
York donated $ 5,000; the Yonkers
Raceway PAC donated $ 2,500; the New
York Gaming Association donated $ 4,000.
On May 14, the New
York State Gaming Commission sent a letter to all «interested and involved» parties requesting each agency detail their «potential jurisdiction» and include any issues that should be considered in the state's environmental quality review act process, or SEQRA, of the proposed expansion at Saratoga Casino and
Raceway.
The Business Council members attending or being represented at Tourism Action Day included: Albany County Convention & Visitors Bureau, American Express, BBL Hospitality, Destiny USA, Inns of Aurora, LLC, The Desmond Hotel & Conference Center, Empire City Casino at Yonkers
Raceway, Empire Resorts, Inc., Fox Run Vineyards, Inc., Fulton Montgomery Regional Chamber of Commerce, Gideon Putnam Resort and Spa, IN New
York & Where magazines, The Lodge at Welch Allyn, New
York Power Authority, Niagara Honeymoon Sweets, New
York Wine & Culinary Center, New
York Wine & Grape Foundation, Palace Theatre, Plattsburgh Chamber of Commerce, The Sagamore, Saratoga Casino &
Raceway, Saratoga Convention & Tourism Bureau, Tri-City Valley Cats, VisitRochester, and the Wyoming County Chamber & Tourism.
The gaming commission noted big gains in revenues at two casinos in particular — Resorts World Casino New
York City and Empire City Casino at Yonkers
Raceway.
Genting, whose casino at Aqueduct
Raceway has been [raking in profits](http://www.rwnewyork.com/about-resorts-world/news-articles/284-new-
york-city-slots-parlor-says-its-countrys-highest-grossing), had hoped to get some sort of exclusivity agreement for full - fledged gaming in New
York City in exchange for building a convention center at the site.
«Because it is required to pay less than a third of what current Racinos pay in taxes to the state, the Stockbridge - Munsee casino has an unfair competitive advantage that seriously jeopardizes the future of New
York's Racinos and the horse racing industry as a whole,» argued James Featherstonhaugh, secretary of Saratoga Gaming and
Raceway.
«Howe Caverns will also be the only complement to the Saratoga Casino and
Raceway, which will maximize the overall economic benefit to New
York State,» Seward wrote.
However, Boivin criticized casino lobbyist James Featherstonhaugh, part - owner of the Casino and
Raceway and president of the New
York Gaming Association.
The Creditor's Committee includes: Yonkers Racing Corporation; the New
York Racing Association; Empire Resorts / Monticello
Raceway; District Council 37, Local 2021; Finger Lakes Racing Association; Churchill Downs, Incorporated; and Paramount Leasehold, L.P.
He quickly established the lobbying firm Empire Stragetic Planning and after the two year grace period ended, he picked up clients that include the Yonkers
Raceway, Yonkers Public Schools, Genting New
York, Cable Telecommunications Systems of New
York, which includes providers Cablevision and YNN parent company Time Warner Cable.
In a radio interview on «The Capitol Pressroom» on Wednesday morning, James Featherstonhaugh, president of the New
York Gaming Association and an owner of Saratoga
Raceway, said Genting is playing by the rules.
Last week, it was revealed that Kentucky - based gaming giant Churchill Downs partnered with Saratoga Casino and
Raceway, hoping to land one of the four casino licenses to be handed out by New
York State.
The Saratoga Casino and
Raceway in Saratoga Springs would be closest to Rivers, while Finger Lakes in western New
York would be closest to Lago.
In addition to Del Lago, New
York state has approved three other casinos: Rivers Casino and Resort located in Schenectady, the Montreign Casino &
Raceway in the Catskills and Tioga Downs Casino in the Southern Tier.
The next round will take place June 26 - 28 at Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, New
York, followed by Aug. 21 - 23 at Virginia International
Raceway in Danville, Virginia.
1 - 3 May Mazda
Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, California 26 - 28 June Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, New
York 21 - 23 August Virginia International
Raceway, Danville, Virginia 17 - 19 September Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas 1 - 3 October Road Atlanta, Braselton, Georgia
Beresiwsky moved to California from Upstate New
York in the 1970s, and he put his experience working with steel to good use in a part - time position at Mazda
Raceway Laguna Seca when he began repairing guardrails on Oct. 17, 1977.
The Optima, revealed at the New
York Auto Show and scheduled for showrooms in late October, felt quite competent in my brief drive of the new mid-size sedan at Road Atlanta
raceway.
The Stingray Precision Drive Event kicked off its eight city track tour at New
York's Monticello
Raceway earlier this month and Palm Beach was the second stop for the driving event.
One of Archie's major accomplishments was winning the Peter Haughton Memorial at Roosevelt
Raceway for $ 520,000, at that time it, the richest race ever in New
York State for either a Thoroughbred or Standard.
NEW
YORK CITY — HFF announced today that it has secured an $ 85 million financing for Roosevelt
Raceway Centera 428,395 - square - foot retail power center in Westbury, New
York.