Kick off St. Patrick’s Day early on Sunday, March 4 The “Luck of the Irish” will be musically profound at Empire City Casino with the announcement that Shilelagh Law and Celtic Cross – the exceedingly popular New York City-based Irish-American bands – will perform on Sunday March 4, from 2-6 p.m. in a prelude to St. Patrick’s Day. The Pipes and Drums of the Police Emerald Society […]
Empire City Casino will start the 2018 year in laughs with a pair of Wednesday night comedy shows on January 17 and 31. Comedy Central funnyman and MSG Networks’ The Bracket host, Yannis Pappas, headlines on the 17th, while on-the-rise Westchester-born stand-up Paul Virzi tops the bill on the 31st in the casino’s popular Good […]
Yonkers Raceway has named Robert (Cammie) Haughton to the newly-created position of director of Racing. Haughton, 57, was serving as the Raceway’s racing consultant. He is a former presiding judge at both the Meadowlands and Yonkers. The son of Hall of Famer Billy Haughton also worked as assistant race secretary at Saratoga Raceway after his […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE Opening Friday November 10 and running weekends through December 9, the Musical “The Bridges Of Madison County” will play at the Elmwood Playhouse in Nyack. Claudia Stefany directs the show, which is based on the best-selling novel by Robert James Waller. Francesca Johnson is looking forward to a rare four days […]
PHOTO CREDIT: MIKE LIZZI A twister hit Empire City Casino at Yonkers Raceway Saturday afternoon, October 14 with fierce, record velocity at 4:05 p.m. as the world watched, and left an annihilated field in its wake two minutes later. Italy’s Twister Bi, driven by Christoffer Eriksson, blew the doors off of nine classy rivals while […]
Defending champion Resolve of the United States drew post position six and was tabbed as the 3-1 morning line favorite in the $1 million Yonkers International Trot set for this Saturday afternoon, October 14, at Empire City Casino’s historic Yonkers Raceway. Trainer Ake Svanstedt will drive the American flag-carrier for owner Hans Enggren. The post […]
