Meeting To Approve Empire City Casino Sale Canceled

YONKERS, NY — There will be no meeting to approve the sale to MGM of the Yonkers Raceway and Empire City Casino Thursday. The state Gaming Commission abruptly canceled the meeting.

While the commission said the meeting's been postponed until further notice, an email from a commissioner said the cancellation was a quorum issue, the Journal News said.

Yonkers Racing Corporation, the owner and operator of Empire City Casino, said in May it had entered into an agreement to sell its racing and gaming property and operations to MGM Resorts International.

MGM would reportedly pay $850 million.

If Empire City was awarded a live table games license on or before Dec. 31, 2022, and MGM accepted the license by Dec. 31, 2024, MGM had agreed to pay an additional $50 million.

Empire City's 97-acre property serves more than 16 million eligible gaming customers in southern New York and is located only 15 miles from Times Square in Manhattan.

It features more than 5,200 of the latest slots and electronic table games, multiple dining outlets and both live and simulcast horse racing.

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