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, which operates the track and hopes to land state approval for at least 150 more video slot The renovation work will run the gamutt from installing a new fire sprinkler system to expandingf its meetingspace and, possibly, adding a hotel. The work is consideres essential and comes as the racino has experienced a dramatifc spikein attendance. During a four-week period that endedr on May 23, Batavia Downs took in $3.2 milliom in slot-machine revenues, an 18.11 percent increase from the same periodin 2008. The harnessx track has 604 slot machines, the smallest allotment of any racink inNew York.
“We’re at capacity,” said Martin Biniasz, Western Regiona l Off-Track Betting Corp. director of marketing. “We’re actuallg approaching the point where we are maxed Biniasz said Western Regional OTB hopes to secur e state approval for the additional slot machines in the coming No time frame has been establishedby Albany. Batavia Downs has an estimated $60 million economic impact on the regio between Buffaloand Rochester. In the meantime, work is beinf mapped out to preparde for the expanded number of video slot machines. The work includes transforminh a first floor meeting room in the main grandstand into newmeetingf space.
Some older paddocks and barns may be demolishexd to make way for a proposed hotel. The hotel will be on the last phases of therenovation work, Biniasz “There’s a lot of other, more basic work that needd to happen first,” he said. By ’s two slot-machine operations also reporterrevenue growth. Fairgrounds Raceway in Hamburg tookin $4.5 milliomn in revenues, an 8.4 percent while the Finger Lakess slot machines operation reported $8.7 million in a 5.3 percent hike.
“We’re delighted that people in the Buffaloo and Rochester markets continue to see our venues as greaft entertainment options close to saidWilliam Bissett, president of Delaware North Companies Gaminhg & Entertainment.
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