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Empire City Casino Pours It On – New York Craft Beers Take Center Stage

September 16, 2014/in Beer, Craft Beer

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Growlers, “Tap Attacks”, Table-Side Taps, and More – Casino Receives “Best Beer Selection” Award

New York, September 16 — With over 8 million visitors each year, Empire City Casino is the place to go to get your game on. And with a recent $50 million expansion that added two beer-centric new restaurants, a bowling ultra-lounge and expanded gaming floor, Empire City has upped the ante and also become a destination for beer-lovers across the tri-state area.

Featuring more than sixty beers on tap from over thirty craft breweries across New York State, it comes as no surprise that Empire City’s Pinch American Grill (pinchusa.com) has just been announced the Best Beer Selection Award winner in this year’s Best of Yonkers contest held by the Yonkers Chamber of Commerce. Beer connoisseurs will appreciate the Fall selection of specialty brews, some of which will be exclusive to Pinch, such as Southern Tier’s PumpKing, Warlock, and Crème Brulee brews, as well as Kuka Smoked Pumpkin Porter and Brooklyn Oktoberfest. Impatient brew lovers will delight in Pinch’s tableside taps that allow thirsty patrons to ‘pour your own’.

Pinch is the place to be with complimentary “Tap Attacks” where brew masters take over Pinch taps from 6 pm – 8 pm talking all things beer, offering gratis beer samples, fun prizes, and specialty food pairings made with the featured brews. Mark your calendars for upcoming “Tap Attacks” with Jonas Bronck’s Beer Company (broncksbeer.com) of Bronx, NY on September 20^th; and Brooklyn Brewery (brooklynbrewery.com) on October 4^th.

Speaking of getting your game on, the all-new Dan Rooney’s Sports Pub (danrooneyscafeandbar.com) at Empire City features nearly 50 TVs and has quickly become a favorite destination for beer and sports fans. This official Pittsburgh Steelers bar (it is a replica of the original Dan Rooney’s in Pittsburgh, PA after all) offers a great selection of tap beer from local and regional breweries, as well as Irish favorites and domestic staples. The bar features a rotation of house-made brews by local Yonkers Brewing Co. (yonkersbrewing.com), such as Rooney’s Honey Blonde Ale and Rooney’s IPA.

These craft beers like to travel too! There’s no need to forgo your favorite brew from either of these two locations and relegate yourself to cans and bottles when at home. Both pinch American Grill and Dan Rooney’s Sports Pub offer growlers which allow you to take your craft beer to go.

Valet parking is recommended if you’re visiting either of these restaurants and is complimentary with a $50 minimum spend. You’ll find Dan Rooney’s just inside the valet entrance, and pinch is located on the second floor mezzanine level.

Even Empire City’s Annual Fall Harvest Festival, which takes place trackside on Saturday, October 11^th from 4 pm – 8 pm, is getting a craft beer makeover. The festival will have a Beer Garden with 5-tents overflowing with dozens of craft beers selected by the Pinch beer master. A neighboring Wing Tent will offer a variety of wing sauces, and a ‘wing-off’ contest will allow attendees to vote for their favorite wing flavor, which will then be featured on the trackside Empire Terrace Restaurant menu.

If your buds love beer (whether that’s taste buds or friend ‘buds’), make your way to Empire City Casino. You’ll be hard-pressed to find a more expansive selection of New York-brewed craft beer anywhere else.

About Empire City Casino at Yonkers Raceway:
Empire City Casino, one of the largest entertainment and gaming destinations in the northeast, features 5,300 of the hottest slots, electronic craps, roulette, baccarat and sic bo; year-round harness racing & International simulcasting; live entertainment including the best party, tribute and Latin bands, comedy, karaoke & more. A plethora of dining options will satisfy even the most discerning palate with Italian cuisine at Nonno’s Trattoria; trackside dining with live betting at Empire Terrace Restaurant; and convenient delicious options at the International Food Court or Grab ‘n Go. A new $50 million expansion added Dan Rooney’s, a high-energy sports bar, Pinch American Grill, in collaboration with Ducasse Studio, featuring dozens of New York craft beers on tap, and Alley 810, a craft cocktail lounge rounds out the entertainment options with retro bowling lanes. Empire City Casino at Yonkers Raceway is located at 810 Yonkers Avenue (off I-87 at Central Avenue) Yonkers, NY, Westchester County, open seven days a week from 9:00 am to 4:00 am. Visit www.empirecitycasino.com or call 914.968.4200 for information.

HARRAH’S PHILADELPHIA TO HOST CHECK PRESENTATION FOR ‘RELAY FOR LIFE’ OF DELEWARE COUNTY

May 21, 2014/in Uncategorized

Harrah’s Philadelphia Employees Raise Money for Cancer Awareness

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ (May 21, 2014) – Harrah’s Philadelphia will host a check presentation celebration on Thursday, May 22. Harrah’s Philadelphia employees raised over $5,500 for Relay for Life of Delaware County, The American Cancer Society’s signature event that features community and campus events that offers an inspiring opportunity to honor cancer survivors, promotes how individuals can reduce their cancer risk, and raises money to help end cancer.

Harrah’s Philadelphia employees’ philanthropic efforts over the past few months have included fundraising activities such as organized hoagie sales and charity walks as well as monetary donations. They have proudly demonstrated philanthropic leadership within the Harrah’s Philadelphia community and the greater Philadelphia region.

“Relay For Life is a unique and inspiring program,” said Ron Baumann, Senior Vice President & General Manager of Harrah’s Philadelphia. “The remarkable generosity of our employees at Harrah’s Philadelphia within the local community has helped raise money and awareness to support the American Cancer Society; it truly is an outstanding accomplishment.”

WHAT: Harrah’s Philadelphia Check Presentation for Relay For Life

WHO: Lisa Morgan of Relay for Life, Randy Conroy, Assistant General Manager of Harrah’s Philadelphia, Melissa Richards, Director of Human Resources at Harrah’s and additional Harrah’s Philadelphia team members

WHEN: Thursday, May 22 – 11AM

Media Call Time – 10:50AM

WHERE: Harrah’s Philadelphia by Main Entrance Sign (777 Harrah’s Blvd, Chester, PA 19013)

The Relay For Life of Delaware County event will occur on Friday, June 13 through Saturday, June 14. The event will occur from 4:00p.m. – 7:00a.m. at the Delaware County Fairgrounds.

About Harrah’s Philadelphia Casino and Race Track:

At Harrah’s Philadelphia, guests can take their gaming experience to unprecedented levels, with the waterfront property’s lavish casino floor and one-of-a-kind race track or venture into Pennsylvania’s only WSOP poker-room. With quality dining amenities like The Cove at Riverview and premier nightlife venues like the C-Bar and the Copper Mug, guests have made Harrah’s Philadelphia a must-go destination. Harrah’s Philadelphia is located in the Philadelphia area at 777 Harrah’s Boulevard, Chester, PA 19013. For more information, call 800-480-8020 or visit www.harrahsphilly.com/

Mayors Poker Tournament WSOP Poker Room Bally’s AC

May 20, 2014/in Uncategorized

NEW JERSEY MAYOR’S CHARITY POKER TOURNAMENT

SET FOR THURSDAY AT BALLY’S ATLANTIC CITY

WHAT: The World Series of Poker is hosting the first annual New Jersey Mayor’s Poker Tournament for Charity

WHO: Some of the Mayors confirmed to attend include:

Joe Accardi – Rosedale Park
John G. Ducey – Brick
Steven Fulop – Jersey City
Don Guardian – Atlantic City
Joe Mancini – Long Island Beach
David M. Salkin – Freehold Township

WHERE: Bally’s Atlantic City in the newly WSOP-branded Bally’s Poker Room. 1900 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, NJ 08401

WHEN: Thursday, May 22 beginning at 2 p.m. EDT

WHY: Mayors from across the Garden State will be coming together in AC to compete for $10K that the winner will donate to a charity of their choice. Some of those charities include Visitation Relief Center (aids families displaced/affected by Sandy), Jersey City Youth Foundation (creates enriching programs for Jersey City youth), etc. The event will also kickoff Memorial Day Weekend and the Jersey Shore season.

BACKGROUND

WORLD SERIES OF POKER HOSTS FIRST ANNUAL NEW JERSEY MAYOR’S POKER TOURNAMENT

Honorable Winner Will Receive $10,000 Donation for Local Charity of Their Choice

Atlantic City, N.J. – The World Series of Poker (WSOP) announced today that its online gaming platform

WSOP.com will be hosting its inaugural New Jersey Mayor’s Poker Tournament on May 22 as part of the World Series of Poker National Championship week-long festivities in the newly WSOP-branded Bally’s Poker Room in Atlantic City.

Mayors from notable towns across New Jersey will meet at the world famous Atlantic City Boardwalk to play in a winner-take-all, No Limit Hold’em challenge in which the victor will donate the $10,000 prize to a local charity of his or her choice. In addition, Atlantic City Mayor Don Guardian will be on hand to support the event as well, as it is his town that has lured the WSOP National Championship to New Jersey after the state regulated online gaming in late 2013.

As a new era in New Jersey gaming has begun with the advent of online play, the Mayor’s game will be played on computers using the

WSOP.com online gaming platform to showcase the next generation of gaming technology being utilized in the Garden State. The Mayor’s Poker Tournament will be played out in front of a live audience in the Bally’s Poker Room.

“This is going to be a very exciting weekend in Atlantic City as mayors throughout the Garden State will come together at the most famous boardwalk in the world for the chance to compete amongst their peers for the benefit of charity,” said WSOP Executive Director Ty Stewart. “It’s an honor to have this amount of local support for our inaugural event; it’s going to be a great atmosphere and we look forward to seeing which mayor presents the best poker face and wins the grand prize.”

In order to prepare each distinguished participant for the competition,

WSOP.com has offered each mayor an optional one-hour coaching session with a professional poker player leading up to the game. The event, to take place in Bally’s Atlantic City, will begin at 2:00 p.m. EDT and is open to viewing by the general public and press. Once a winning mayor is determined he or she will be available for comment. Following the event the public and press are encouraged to stay and follow the action at the WSOP National Championship.

The Mayor’s Challenge is one of four special events taking place in the Bally’s Atlantic City poker room.

On Monday, May 19 at 6 pm, the Bally’s Poker Room hosts a freeroll tournament – a free entry tournament where the winner wins a seat into the WSOP National Championship. On Wednesday, May 21, an $1,100 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em poker tournament will take place in the room, with the winner not only getting a large portion of the prize pool, but also the last remaining qualifying seat into the highly anticipated and ESPN nationally televised WSOP National Championship. The WSOP National Championship pits the top qualifiers from around the globe who have competed in a series of up to 264 events that earned them the right to compete for the coveted WSOP gold bracelet and a prize pool in excess of $1 million in the three-day event May 22-24. For more information, please visit http://www.wsop.com/.

BACKGROUND ON THE WSOP CIRCUIT & WSOP NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

The World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit Events are a series of poker tournaments hosted throughout the United States and Canada beginning in August each year, and culminating the following May with a $1,000,000 National Championship televised on ESPN where the victor earns a WSOP gold bracelet as well. WSOP Circuit Events are designed to give the recreational and amateur player an opportunity to participate in the WSOP experience at a more affordable price point and with less of a time commitment than the traditional WSOP in Las Vegas. Each stop features 12 official events in 12 days, including a $1675 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em Main Event – the most expensive buy-in event on the 12-event schedule at each stop. Official WSOP Circuit events range in buy-in from $365-$1675 and award a prestigious WSOP gold ring to each victor. In 2013-14, the WSOP Circuit season consisted of 22 unique stops all tied together by a cumulative points system that awards points based on finish in individual events. A season-ending National Championship is held each May with the Top 100 qualifiers. The winner of each stop’s Main Event gained automatic entry into the season-ending WSOP National Championship, as does each stop’s Casino Champion – the person who accumulates the most points throughout the 12 official events at a stop. The remaining players are made up of at large qualifiers whom have accumulated the most points throughout the Circuit season. The WSOP Circuit Events are a regional offshoot of the longest-running, largest, richest and most prestigious gaming event in the world, dating back 44 years to 1970 – the famous World Series of Poker. This marks the tenth year the WSOP Circuit Events have been held. In 2012, more than 80,000 entered WSOP Circuit events, with the Main Event winner at each stop averaging $197,535 in prize money. Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc., (CIE) owns the WSOP and the WSOP Circuit Events. For more information, visit

www.wsop.com/2013/Circuit/ or www.blog.wsop.com or follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/wsop .

ABOUT

WSOP.com WSOP.com is the online home of world’s most-trusted, oldest and most prestigious poker brand – the World Series of Poker (WSOP). It is the exclusive destination for online players in New Jersey to win seats into the land-based World Series of Poker, which has awarded more than $1.8 billion to players during its history, including more than $197 million in 2013 alone. WSOP.com offers satellite and ladder tournaments that could qualify a player for a seat at the $10,000 WSOP Main Event at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas for the price of a movie ticket.

About Bally’s Atlantic City:

At Bally’s Atlantic City, guests can choose their experience from two casinos: Bally’s Park Place, the Wild Wild West Gaming Hall. With multiple dining destinations, quality rooms amenities, an unrivaled hotel spa, a beach bar, big name entertainment, and championship fights, Bally’s certainly defines being in The Center Of The Action. Bally’s is located at the famed address of Boardwalk and Park Place in Atlantic City, New Jersey. For more information, call 609-340-2000 or visit www.ballysac.com.