Empire Resorts to Document Construction of Montreign Resort Casino

NEW TIME-LAPSE VIDEO SHOWCASES PROJECT PROGRESS-TO-DATE

Empire Resorts, Inc. (NASDAQ-GM:NYNY) (“Empire”) and its wholly owned subsidiary, Montreign Operating Company, LLC (“Montreign”), in conjunction with our Construction Manager LPCiminelli (“LPC”), have installed a time-lapse camera showing construction progress at the Montreign Resort Casino site, documenting the changing Sullivan County landscape as construction progresses.

LPC recently installed the camera to broadcast and document the transition from construction site to casino. The feature-rich interface, accessible from any device with an internet browser, provides high-resolution images, complete with jobsite weather data, which will document virtually every moment of Montreign construction. Users can zoom in on images from any date and time to see details of construction. Construction progress can be viewed clicking on the “Construction Cam/View our Progress” at these links: https://www.montreign.com and https://www.empireresorts.com.

“Our new construction camera allows a unique view behind the construction curtain and provides spectacular imagery of our casino as it rises up from the ground,” said Empire Resorts’ Executive Vice President Charles Degliomini. “When our guests finally step inside Montreign Resort Casino, I hope they feel like they have been a part of this incredible journey with us since day one. We want everyone who’s been supportive of our efforts to revitalize Sullivan County and the Catskills to see the progress anytime they want, with just a simple click of a mouse button.”

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.

As a result of the award of a gaming facility license from the New York State Gaming Commission, the Company, through its subsidiary Montreign Operating Company, LLC, will begin construction of Montreign Resort Casino – an 18-story casino, hotel and entertainment complex with approximately 102 table games, 2,150 state of the art slot machines and 332 luxury rooms, which includes 12 penthouse suites, 8 garden suites and 7 two-story villas, designed to meet 5-star and 5-diamond standards. For additional information, please visit www.montreign.com.

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