MONTICELLO – Potential
contractors and vendors arrived from all over the Hudson Valley, New York
City, Connecticut, and even Utica, to hear how they may participate in
providing goods and services to the Montreign Resort Casino during construction
and after when it is operational.
Hosted by Empire Resorts, Inc., the company constructing the resort destination
in Kiamesha Lake, the informational meeting at the Sullivan County Government
Center on Tuesday drew some 250 people.
Overflow crowd of potential vendors attends Monticello session
Empire Resort’s Executive Vice President Charles Degliomini said
now that the state has granted a license to operate the casino, they must
get down to brass tacks.
“We are at a point where business is getting really serious, and
so we are doing additional outreach to make sure that qualified companies
and vendors know about the opportunities. It’s an education process.
There is a lot of information for people to understand what it’s
going to take to do businesses with our project. So, we will be doing
more of these meetings in the future.”
Potential vendor Susan Arann of American & International Designs,
Inc. based in Staten Island said she attended because she is a women and
minority owned business and would like to work in the casino. “I
have experience in it. I asked the question in the meeting about providing
furniture for the construction trailers because that’s the best
way I can get my foot in the door.”
Other potential vendors ranged from on-site food providers for construction
crews to security staff and those who would provide construction materials.
Empire Resorts will be holding a second meeting on Tuesday afternoon in
Orange County presenting the same information at the morning event in
Monticello.
