By Howard Owens.
Press release:
Western Region Off-Track Betting (WROTB) and Batavia Downs President and CEO Henry Wojtaszek announced that the week from Sunday, July 2nd through Saturday, July 8th was record-setting.
It was the top “net win” week of all time with $1.9 Million and the 3rd best Credits Played week of $24.08 million. Attendance topped 20,000 people for the week. Hotel Occupancy for the week was over 89%.
“We are so excited to have reached a new high benchmark for play on our gaming floor,” Wojtaszek said. “A record week on the gaming floor means that local governments will get critical revenue as a result of the great work on the ground by our team. Also, the state’s education fund will receive over $930,000 from Batavia Downs from this last week’s play. Our restaurants and hotel were packed throughout the holiday week.”
Revenues from Batavia Downs’ are distributed to their 17 Western New York municipalities: Cattaraugus County, Cayuga County, Chautauqua County, Erie County, Genesee County, Livingston County, Monroe County, Niagara County, Orleans County, Oswego County, Schuyler County, Seneca County, Steuben County, Wayne County, Wyoming County as well as the cities of Rochester and Buffalo.
