MGM Resorts Stays Dedicated to Yonkers Regardless of On line casino WD
- MGM Resorts continued its neighborhood dedication to New York’s Westchester County in 2025
- The neighborhood volunteer hours and funding remained after MGM folded on its full-scale on line casino pursuit in Yonkers
MGM Resorts shocked New York when it abruptly yanked its on line casino bid for Yonkers simply weeks earlier than functions had been due final fall. Regardless of the Las Vegas-based on line casino operator folding on its full-scale on line casino pursuit for its Empire Metropolis racino, the corporate stays dedicated to bettering the area by means of neighborhood grants and volunteering.
MGM Resorts staff from Empire Metropolis On line casino volunteer throughout Catholic Charities’ Day Laborer Program in Yonkers in July 2025. Regardless of folding on its downstate New York on line casino utility, MGM says it stays dedicated to utilizing its racino to higher Westchester County and the encircling areas. (Picture: Empire Metropolis On line casino by MGM Resorts)
All through 2025, MGM’s a whole lot of staff at Empire Metropolis On line casino donated their time by volunteering with varied native nonprofits. The on line casino additionally offered endowments and funding to charities throughout Westchester County, together with in Yonkers and Mount Vernon, in addition to within the neighboring Bronx.
Delivering significant social affect that strengthens our communities is within the DNA of Empire Metropolis’s mission, each in New York and throughout MGM Resorts globally,” Empire Metropolis On line casino President and Chief Working Officer Louis Theros stated in an announcement reported by the Bronx Times.
“As colleagues, neighbors, and mates, our dedication has solely grown stronger as our crew goes over and past to assist their neighbors. We stay up for persevering with our work as stewards of neighborhood transformation within the Bronx and Westchester for generations to come back,” Theros added.
Racino Remaining
It was Oct. 14, 2025, when MGM Resorts pulled its downstate New York on line casino utility for slot machines, live-dealer desk video games, and sports activities betting privileges. MGM had lengthy been thought of a favourite for one of many three concessions.
MGM had pitched a $2.3 billion overhaul of Empire Metropolis, a racino with a gaming ground spanning 138K sq. toes fastened with roughly 4,500 slot-like video lottery terminals (VLT) and digital desk sport positions. MGM concluded that “aggressive and financial assumptions” led to the funding not being enticing.
MGM, calling the withdrawal a “tough resolution,” added that its funding was calculated on the belief that it could obtain a 30-year on line casino license. State officers final 12 months stated the preliminary licenses can be good for less than 15 years.
Taken collectively, these occasions end in a proposition that not aligns with our dedication to capital stewardship, nor to that of our actual property accomplice in Yonkers, VICI,” an MGM assertion learn.
The corporate nonetheless reaffirmed its dedication to Yonkers and Westchester County.
“MGM Resorts has been a proud accomplice of the Metropolis of Yonkers and the State of New York since we bought Empire Metropolis On line casino in 2019. The property has generated greater than $5 billion for New York State schooling, together with $1.6 billion underneath our possession. We all know our resolution will affect many people; we stay dedicated to working the property in its present format and consider it would proceed to take pleasure in success serving clients in Yonkers and the encircling communities,” the corporate defined.
Group Engagement
MGM’s Empire Metropolis and its staff helped Feeding Westchester ship greater than 20K meals to seniors and needy households in 2025. The on line casino additionally offered funding for Catholic Charities Group Companies, an initiative of the Archdiocese of New York, to offer 9,000 meals.
Different Empire Metropolis On line casino beneficiaries included the Boys and Women Membership of Mount Vernon, the Hudson River Museum, Yonkers Excessive College, and the Morris Heights Well being Middle.
