NYS Certified-WBE Firm Cerrone, Inc. and Sullivan County’s Gary Myers Excavation to Perform Work
MONTICELLO, N.Y.– Empire Resorts, Inc. (NASDAQ-GM: NYNY) (“Empire”) announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Montreign Operating Company, LLC (“Montreign”), awarded a mass excavation bid package to Cerrone, Inc., a New York State-certified woman-owned business enterprise (“WBE”). This is the first major contract award and will jump start work on the project that is scheduled to open two years after a gaming facility license is granted by the New York State Gaming Commission.
The mass excavation package involves significant preparation work such as clearing the site, topsoil removal, grading and leveling. This is a precursor to constructing the resort casino’s site access roads and building foundations. Cerrone will utilize Gary Myers Excavation Inc., a Sullivan County local business located in Swan Lake, as a subcontractor for the project.
“Montreign Resort Casino is proud to award its first major bid package to a New York State-certified woman-owned business enterprise,” said Empire Resort’s CEO Joseph D’Amato. “We are looking forward to awarding more bid packages in the near future as this project continues to progress. We have made extensive community outreach efforts to attract minority, woman and service-disabled veteran-owned businesses and local businesses as part of the bidding process.”
The Montreign Resort Casino is viewed as a major economic catalyst for Sullivan County and the Mid-Hudson Region, with numerous local contractors, vendors and suppliers expected to be part of the project. Montreign is implementing its plans to ensure that minority, woman and service-disabled veteran-owned and local businesses and workforce take part in the work.
“Montreign has clear business diversification goals for this project and we are taking steps to ensure that MWVBEs and service-disabled veteran firms are aware of bidding opportunities during construction,” said Frank Ciminelli, Senior Executive Vice President for LPCiminelli, the project’s construction manager. “The fact that the first major contract award went to a WBE firm should send a strong signal that Montreign is committed to business diversity and ensuring all segments of the business community benefit from this tremendous project.”
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.
Upon the awarding of a gaming facility license from the New York State Gaming Commission, Empire will begin construction on Montreign – an 18-story casino, hotel and entertainment complex with 61 table games, 2,150 state of the art slot machines and 391 luxury rooms designed to meet 4-star and 4-diamond standards. For additional information, please visit www.montreign.com.
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