Investment on that scale is welcome in Nichols, and the Southern Tier.
The front entrance of the Tioga Downs racino in Nichols, New York, in late October. The project is expected to cost a total of about $194 million. The proposal for the casino expansion includes plans for 1,000 slots and 50 gaming tables, including a 12-table poker room, and a 161-room hotel.
In addition to the harness track, the “The Downs” has a gambling hall with 802 video lottery terminals, which are similar to electronic slot machines.
Tioga Downs is a horse racing facility on the outskirts of Nichols, a town of about 2,500 residents, located just north of the Pennsylvania border, in a region of Upstate New York known as the Southern Tier.
