Del Lago Resort & Casino Celebrates Topping Out of Casino Structure; Final Steel Beam in Place
Posted on July 14th, 2016
4/8/2016
–Hotel and Resort Foundation About Half Completed–
TYRE, N.Y. April 8, 2016 — Del Lago Resort & Casino Co-Chairmen Thomas C. Wilmot Sr. and Brent Stevens announced that a “topping-out” ceremony was held today as the final steel beam for the del Lago casino structure was put in place. The final steel beam will be a part of the 40,000 square-foot entertainment venue that will hold 2,500 people.
“This is another milestone in our effort to build Upstate New York’s best resort and casino,” Wilmot said. “We are very proud of the quality of work by these fine upstate union tradespeople, and the speed at which they continue to operate, keeping us on pace to open del Lago Resort & Casino in February 2017.”
“Nearly 200 New Yorkers are working at del Lago, representing more than 10 different union trades as part of the more than 20 local contractors and subcontractors currently onsite,” Wilmot said.
Within the past few weeks, del Lago announced the hiring of Jeff Babinski as executive vice president and general manager and Juris Basens as senior vice president and assistant general manager. Babinski and Basens oversaw today’s topping-out ceremony, which also included government, business and labor representatives from Tyre, Seneca County and the Finger Lakes region.
“Del Lago is really starting to take shape,” Babinski said. “Within a week, the casino will have a weather-tight roof, allowing more intensive indoor work to begin there, even as other workers continue to pour concrete for the foundations of the hotel and spa, which are now about half completed. As the weather warms up, we’re going to see more and more construction and tradespeople at del Lago.”
Michael Davis, president of the Finger Lakes Building & Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO, which represents 19 local unions with more than 6,000 members, said: “I could not be more pleased that hundreds of union tradespeople are working hard and collecting a paycheck. And I know that over the coming weeks and months, hundreds more will be working to build del Lago, which will soon be the gateway to the Finger Lakes region.”
