Metropolitan Park at Willets Point, Queens. The local CAC voted to approve it Tuesday. This proposal is next to Citi Field.

In Yonkers, MGM Resorts has pulled the plug on its ambitious casino project due to rising costs and fierce competition, ...

The company will no longer turn its Yonkers location into a casino with live games like poker and blackjack due to shifting competitive and economic factors, it said.

MGM on Tuesday unexpectedly withdrew its casino license application for Empire City in Yonkers. “Today, MGM Resorts made the difficult decision to withdraw its application for a commercial casino ...

The surprising withdrawal of a commercial casino license application by the owners of Empire City Casino in Yonkers has several officials in Westchester calling MGM Resorts International’s bluff. On ...

New York City is set for a major entertainment transformation. State officials are preparing to grant several new casino licenses for the downstate area. This has now triggered a fierce […] ...

Empire City Casino has been cleared to vie in a shrunken field of competitors for a state license that would spur a $1.7 billion expansion of the Yonkers operation. A five-member committee that ...

Representatives from MGM and Empire City Casino detailed plans Thursday for a proposed $2.3 billion makeover of their racino at Yonkers Raceway, highlighted by streamlined interior and exterior ...

In a significant development for New York’s casino landscape, the Community Advisory Committee (CAC) has unanimously approved a proposal to expand and renovate Empire City Casino in Yonkers. This is ...

YONKERS, N.Y., June 26, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- MGM Yonkers Inc., a subsidiary of MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM), today submitted its commercial casino license application to the New York Gaming ...

MGM Yonkers Inc., a subsidiary of MGM Resorts International, has taken a big step toward transforming its historic Empire City Casino into a major commercial casino and entertainment destination. It ...