It could soon offer sports betting, a potential game-changer for the property. The Las Vegas casino operator is teaming up with its real estate arm - MGM Growth Properties - to buy a casino just over the New York City border for $850 million.Įmpire City Casino, located 15 miles north of Times Square in Yonkers, offers 5,200 slots and electronic table games as well as live and simulcast horse racing. MGM Resorts International is taking a bite out of the Big Apple’s gambling pie. MGM Resorts International CEO James Murren (Elizabeth Brumley/Las Vegas Review-Journall)
