![]() We budgeted $2.75 million and it came in a little over 2. And we ran a deficit in 2017 because we budgeted too much for casino revenue. So, that would have been a locked-in payment every year. "The administration chose not to have a 'host agreement' with Rivers Casino, with Rush Street Gaming. Maybe the council for being a little too much, I guess, ignorant to the fact that maybe these numbers couldn't happen," noted Vince Riggi, an independent member of the Schenectady City Council. ![]() "We all know that didn't happen and there's no one to blame. "Welcome everyone to Rivers Casino and Resort," a smiling then-General Manager Mary Cheeks addressed reporters a week before opening day at the gleaming new gaming hall, which since has fallen short of projected revenue of $5.8 million dollars a year in gaming tax, which contribute to an 18 percent decrease in the city property tax. The "Rivers Casino & Resort at Mohawk Harbor" took 14 months from shovel to shuffle. Credit WAMC photo by Dave Lucas JULY 2016 - Rivers GM Mary Cheeks speaks with reporters on the casino construction site as Rush Street Gaming CEO Greg Karlin and NYSGC member John Poklemba look on.
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