MONTICELLO, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On March 30, 2016, Montreign Operating Company, LLC (“Montreign”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Empire Resorts Inc. (NASDAQ-GM:NYNY) (“Empire” and, together with its subsidiaries the “Company”), submitted payment for its gaming facility license in the amount of $51 million to the New York State Gaming Commission (“NYSGC”). Previously the Company had deposited a bond with NYSGC representing 10% of the proposed capital investment for the project. The gaming facility license is subject to various conditions that are set forth in filings made by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the payment of the license fee of $51 million.
Pursuant to the NYSGC, local counties and the Town of Thompson will share 10% of the license fee. “We are delighted to announce Montreign has fulfilled the threshold conditions of its gaming facility license by paying the license fee and deposit obligations to New York State,” said Empire’s Chairman Emanuel Pearlman. “We are also pleased that 10% of the license fee is expected to be shared between Sullivan County and the Town of Thompson, Montreign’s host community, as well as Orange, Ulster, Greene, Dutchess, Delaware and Columbia counties."
Construction continues at the Montreign Resort Casino site, which is located off exit 106 on New York State Route 17. The Company recently installed a camera to broadcast and document the transition from construction site to casino. The camera provides a clear picture of the construction site as well as jobsite weather data. The construction camera can be viewed clicking on the “Construction Cam/View our Progress” at these links: https://www.montreign.com and https://www.empireresorts.com.
Mr. Pearlman concluded, "Thanks to the unusually mild winter weather, the efforts of our construction manager, LPCiminelli and their subcontractors, and a dedicated and highly skilled local union workforce, construction is proceeding on schedule.”
About Empire Resorts
Empire Resorts, Inc. owns and operates, through its subsidiary Monticello Raceway Management, Inc., the Monticello Casino and Raceway, a harness racing track and casino in Monticello, N.Y., and is 90 miles from midtown Manhattan. For additional information, please visit www.empireresorts.com.
The Company has begun construction of Montreign Resort Casino – an 18-story casino, hotel and entertainment complex with approximately 102 table games, 2,150 state of the art slot machines and 332 luxury rooms, which includes 12 penthouse suites, 8 garden suites and 7 two-story villas, designed to meet 5-star and 5-diamond standard.
For additional information, please visit www.montreign.com.
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