SCHENECTADY — The Courtyard by Marriott hotel at Mohawk Harbor is already accepting reservations and planning a mid-October opening. Daily Gazette photographer Marc Schultz and I got the first look inside the 124-room hotel. Our tour guides were General Manager Jeff Michaelson and Director of Sales and Marketing Tom Gabriel. They said rather than drawing people from the Rivers Casino and Resort at Mohawk Harbor on the other end of the site, the Marriott is looking to be part

SCHENECTADY, NY — Rivers Casino & Resort Schenectady announced today the start of the interview process for dealer positions in advance of the first session of its free Dealer School classes. Applicants will be invited to interview over the coming days and weeks leading up to the launch of the Dealer School. The Rivers Casino & Resort Dealer School will begin on October 17, with Poker Dealer School beginning October 24. The Dealer School will be held at 1482 Erie Boulevard, r

SCHENECTADY — Work at the Mohawk Harbor site is visibly moving forward, but there’s a whole other development happening at the same time underground. Ten to 12 feet under the property are thousands of feet of cables running the length of the 60-acre site. The network of cables will provide power to all of the buildings in the riverside project. Daily Gazette photographer Marc Schultz and I went underground to take a look at the work National Grid has been doing for the last f

Mohawk Harbor transforms one of the oldest brownfield sites in the US and creates an economically vibrant mixed use community complete with residential, commercial, retail, and entertainment. Thanks to National Grid's economic development grants, the project's was able to offset some of the costs for utility related infrastructure improvements, 1 million+ SF of demolition, brownfield investigation and remediation, street lighting, streetscape, and other necessary costs to hel

SCHENECTADY, NY — Rivers Casino & Resort Schenectady announced today applications are being accepted for all positions at the $330 million gaming facility. Applicants can see all positions and job descriptions at www.riverscasinoandresort.com/careers. Rivers Casino & Resort will be hiring in stages for all positions leading up to an early 2017 opening of the facility. Job seekers are encouraged to apply as soon as possible, and to visit the website for job descriptions. Train

SCHENECTADY — The inside of the Rivers Casino and Resort at Mohawk Harbor is taking shape as operator Rush Street Gaming starts accepting applications for all future jobs there. ​ Rivers Casino General Manager Mary Cheeks and Rush Street Vice President of Operations Joe Scibetta gave the media a tour of construction Tuesday afternoon of the $330 million casino, which is on target to open early next year. ​ The casino is going up fast with the walls and floors already in place

Steel walls sprouting from concrete floors are beginning to form the maze of apartment walls of The Riverhouse apartments. The 206-unit complex overlooks a man-made harbor just steps away from the Rivers Casino & Resort, city's future casino. The apartment building will have one floor of retail space and below-ground parking. Crews installed white plumbing pipes and air ducts as others hammered in pieces of floor in the Southwest side of the building on Thursday. The Galesi G

SCHENECTADY, NY — Rivers Casino & Resort Schenectady announced today the roll out of its Rush Rewards Player’s Club, a player loyalty program that will let players earn rewards such as free play, amenity and food comps, prizes and more. To celebrate, Rivers Casino & Resort is holding a “Rush to Rewards Online Contest.” Those who register online at www.riverscasinoandresort.com will instantly win Free Slot Play or Comp Dollars, and be entered into a Grand Prize drawing for $10

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. -- Construction continues on the future Rivers Casino and Mohawk Harbor Project and we got an inside look at how the site is progressing. Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara toured the site on Wednesday along with local developers and business leaders. Work is moving quickly on 206 riverfront apartments and the neighboring Marriott hotel is almost complete. Developers are now negotiating with businesses to fill retail spaces there and say they're excited to offe

SCHENECTADY — The city is getting another $1 million from the Rivers Casino and Resort at Mohawk Harbor before it opens early next year. Rush Street Gaming, the Chicago-based company that will operate the casino, took out a $176 million mortgage on the $330 million casino, which will give the city $880,800 in mortgage taxes and $440,400 to the county. Rush Street also took out a $33 million mortgage for the adjacent 163-room hotel, which will give the city another $165,000 in