0000899243-17-028675.txt : 20171214 0000899243-17-028675.hdr.sgml : 20171214 20171214134722 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000899243-17-028675 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20171212 FILED AS OF DATE: 20171214 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20171214 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Sanko Jamie M. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001725305 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-12522 FILM NUMBER: 171255785 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O MONTICELLO CASINO AND RACEWAY STREET 2: 204 STATE ROUTE 17B P.O. BOX 5013 CITY: MONTICELLO STATE: NY ZIP: 12701 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EMPIRE RESORTS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000906780 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-EATING & DRINKING PLACES [5810] IRS NUMBER: 133714474 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 204 STATE ROUTE 17B STREET 2: P.O. BOX 5013 CITY: MONTICELLO STATE: NY ZIP: 12701 BUSINESS PHONE: (845) 807-0001 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 204 STATE ROUTE 17B STREET 2: P.O. BOX 5013 CITY: MONTICELLO STATE: NY ZIP: 12701 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ALPHA HOSPITALITY CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19930614 3 1 doc3.xml FORM 3 SUBMISSION X0206 3 2017-12-12 1 0000906780 EMPIRE RESORTS INC NYNY 0001725305 Sanko Jamie M. C/O MONTICELLO CASINO AND RACEWAY, 204 STATE ROUTE 17B, P.O. BOX 5013 MONTICELLO NY 12701 0 1 0 0 Chief Accounting Officer /s/ Jamie M. Sanko 2017-12-14 EX-24 2 attachment1.htm EX-24 DOCUMENT

                                 POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints
Nanette L. Horner the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

    (1)  execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as a director of Empire Resorts, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and
5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and
the rules thereunder, and any other forms or reports the undersigned may be
required to file in connection with the undersigned's ownership, acquisition, or
disposition of securities of the Company;

    (3)  do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4,
or 5, or other form or report, and timely file such form or report with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or
similar authority; and

    (4)  take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

    The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,
nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

    This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 12th day of December, 2017.


                                        /s/ Jamie M. Sanko
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                                        Jamie M. Sanko
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