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Planning Board approves MGM Empire City destination resort casino site plan with extensive mitigation
Summary
Yonkers Planning Board granted site‑plan approval for MGM’s proposed destination resort casino at the Empire City site, conditioned on mitigation measures from the board’s environmental findings, traffic and construction management plans, stormwater improvements and other engineering and public‑safety requirements.
The Yonkers Planning Board voted on July 9 to grant site‑plan approval for MGM Yonkers’ proposed redevelopment of the Empire City site into a destination resort casino, subject to the mitigation measures and conditions spelled out in the board’s SEQRA findings and in memoranda from City engineering, traffic and fire officials.
The site plan covers a multi‑phase redevelopment that, if the applicant obtains a New York State class‑3 gaming license, would renovate existing gaming space and add roughly 340,000 square feet of new construction, a new central utility plant, a roughly 162,000 square‑foot entertainment venue (about 4,000+ seats), and an eight‑level parking structure containing approximately 4,800 spaces. The board’s approval also accepted the applicant’s proposal to provide a substantial on‑site parking supply (about 7,900 total spaces across the…
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