Alpha Hospitality to Become 'Empire Resorts, Inc.' Trading on Nasdaq under New Symbol: NYNY.Entertainment Editors/Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 14, 2003 Alpha Hospitality Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :ALHY ALHY Alpha Hospitality Corporation (stock symbol; previously ALH) ) (the "Company") announced today that the Company will change its name to Empire Resorts, Inc. The Board of Directors of the Company has also approved a request for a NASDAQ ticker symbol Ticker Symbol An arrangement of characters (usually letters) representing a particular security listed on an exchange or otherwise traded publicly. When a company issues securities to the public marketplace, it selects an available ticker symbol for its securities which investors change from ALHY to NASDAQ symbol: NYNY NYNY New York, New York . The company will begin trading under the ticker NYNY on Wednesday, April 16, 2003. The name change to Empire Resorts has been approved by shareholder consent and will become effective on May 21, 2003. The Company is also moving its corporate headquarters to New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . Empire Resort's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Robert Berman said, "During the past year and a half, the Company has shed its prior businesses and changed its strategic direction. We are now a different company -- with new management and a strong New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of focus. Our primary mission is to work with our partners, the Cayuga Nation of New York to complete our goal of opening a casino in the Catskills." In late 2001, the New York State legislature A state legislature may refer to a legislative branch or body of a political subdivision in a federal system. The following legislatures exist in the following political subdivisions: Mr. Berman concluded, "When finished, we will be offering a first class casino experience and the very best of amenities. New Yorkers will finally have the opportunity to spend their gaming entertainment dollars in their state, where their money will most benefit the Empire State's treasury -- not the coffers of our neighbor states. Atlantic City and Connecticut have had a monopoly on casino gaming for far too long. We look forward to bringing this greatly needed revenue stream back home while we simultaneously help the state and local economies by creating over 8000 permanent direct and indirect jobs." The Company has received written consents, in lieu of a meeting of stockholders, from the holders of a majority of its voting stock Voting stock The shares in a corporation that entitle the shareholder to vote. voting stock Stock for which the holder has the right to vote in the election of directors, in the appointment of auditors, or in other matters brought up at the to change its name to Empire Resorts, Inc. The Company has prepared an Information Statement pursuant to SEC Rule 14c-2 and is in the process of mailing the Information Statement to its shareholders. The name change will become effective upon compliance with the requirements of Rule 14c-2, including a 20-day waiting period following the mailing to shareholders. Pending the effective date of the amendment, the Company intends to use Empire Resorts, Inc. as a dba name in accordance with Delaware law. The Company estimates the name change will become effective May 21, 2003. To the extent the content of this press release includes forward-looking statements, they involve various risks and uncertainties including (i) the risk that various approvals necessary for consummation of the agreements described herein and required to be obtained from the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the National Indian Gaming Regulatory Commission, the Governor of the State of New York and various other federal, State and local governmental entities are not received, (ii) the risk that financing necessary for the proposed projects may not be able to be obtained because of credit factors, market conditions or other contingencies, (iii) the risk that the Cayuga Nation may exercise certain broad rights with regard to termination of the within described agreements (iv) the risk that definitive agreements with Catskill Development LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control and its affiliates are not consummated as contemplated and that the proposed consolidation does not occur, (v) the risk of non-compliance by various counterparties of the related agreements, and (vi) general risks affecting Alpha Hospitality as described from time to time in it's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Alpha Hospitality wishes to caution readers not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which statements are made pursuant to the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1994, and as such, speak only as of the date made. |
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