On August 14th and 15th, the Albany Law School Saratoga Institute will be once again be holding its Conference on Racing and Gaming at the Gideon Putnam Hotel in Saratoga Springs.
The first day is going to focus on more of the nuts and bolts of what is going on in horse racing in New York today.
The second day is going to focus more on the gaming side of the equation. Under discussion shall be:
Siting of Casinos in New York: From Racinos to Resort Destinations;
On-Line Gaming in New York; and
A New NYRA with a New Regulatory Framework.
The Siting of Casino discussion should be lively as Robert Odawi Porter, former Professor of Indian Law at Syracuse Law School and the current President of the Seneca Nation is one of the panel speakers. In the Seneca's Gaming Compact with the State of New York, the Senecas were granted a exclusive right to offer slot machines and other gaming devices west of State Route 14. State Route 14 (I had to get out my map) runs from Seneca Falls down to Elmira. That is one big chunk of real estate! Seneca Nation takes the position that since the State has authorized VLT's at Batavia Downs and Hamburg Casino, the State has violated the Compact.
Needless to say, Seneca Nation does not want any of the potential full blown casinos envisioned by Governor Cuomo to be placed in their back yards, siphoning off customers.
The discussion of the Reorganization of NYRA should be interesting as well, with representatives of the industry and the regulatory government piping in. However, I wish they had gotten some elected representatives up on the panel to discuss where they see this going from a policy perspective.
For more information on the event:
http://www.albanylaw.edu/sub.php?navigation_id=2151
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