Resorts World at Aqueduct, which currently offers 6,000 electronic slots and table games, opened in 2011. The MGM Empire City slots parlor opened in October 2006.
Previously, a moratorium barred consideration of downstate commercial casinos through 2023. Kathy Hochul’s proposal to expedite the timetable to have the state Gaming Commission issue licenses for up to three casinos in New York City or the surrounding suburbs. “Of course I’m going to support my hometown casino, which by the way, has done the work,” Stewart-Cousins (D-Yonkers) said during a Tuesday press briefing. The Senate leader supports converting the MGM Empire City slots parlor at Yonkers raceway into a full-fledged commercial casino with table games, which could also bode well for Genting’s Resorts World Casino gaming facility adjacent to Aqueduct race track in Queens.
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