There will not be a Triple Crown champion this year, but there is still a championship menu for the third jewel of the Triple Crown at Empire City Casino at Yonkers Raceway for this Saturday’s (June 10) Belmont Stakes. The Empire Terrace is offering a special “Classic Raceway Dining” Belmont lunch menu and a television […]
Yonkers, NY—James E. Dobson and his good friend Donzella Parker Bert made a four-hour bus trip from Stevensville, Maryland, to New York to visit Aunt Thelma Sligh, to celebrate her 89th birthday over Memorial Day weekend. There was even greater merriment than anticipated when Mr. Dobson hit a $143,723 jackpot at Empire City Casino in Yonkers on Saturday (May 27). “We hadn’t seen Aunt Thelma in three […]
Empire City Casino at Yonkers Raceway held its annual Kentucky Derby Day Party on Saturday, featuring celebrity guest hosts Kim Zolciak Biermann of Real Housewifes and Ashley Iaconetti and Olivia Caridi of The Bachelor. The lively and fashionable trio posed for photos with fans before taking their seats as judges for the casino’s annual Derby Hat Contest. Party guests […]
BY PAMELA STERN Empire City’s summer concert series is sizzling. Kenny Rogers sold out Empire City’s 2,000 seats for his August show and as the 75-year-old singing sensation has still got his voice and still can pound out his songs as if he recorded them yesterday. Rogers said to the crowd, ”There are two types […]
Popular game show seeks two contestants from New York area “Come on Down!” will be the call to post at Empire City Casino on Tuesday, August 20, as contestants have a chance to take the first step to compete and win big on “The Price Is Right.” The iconic CBS television game show comes to […]
Supports 3,969 Jobs and Provides Another $374 Million in Revenue for State & Local Governments Empire City Casino produced nearly a half billion dollars in economic activity and $374 million in revenue for state and local governments in 2012 while supporting nearly 4,000 jobs locally and across the state, according to a new report released […]