Yonkers Raceway

Yonkers Raceway raises the stakes in modern casino design, re- inventing a building type that typically produces themed, single- story, hermetically-sealed boxes, using avant garde architecture, innovative materials, and ground-breaking technology to create a fresh, light-filled, and stimulating space. The dramatic curved façade features over 45 feet of frameless glass in a 300-foot arc that creates a backdrop to the entry canopy and a window onto the interior of the casino. A filigree of lights shines through the glass to create a white veil of lighting as a backdrop to the dramatic entrance structure that forms the new main entrance to Yonkers Raceway. The sculptural entrance structure is inspired by the unique landscape of “the hilltop track” at Yonkers Raceway. A massive steel lattice shell, covered by innovative ETFE foil, grows out of the hillside, creating an exotic canopy that forms an icon on the exterior, and a dramatic backdrop to the excitement and activity of the casino interior. Rejecting the artificial, themed environments common to casinos, it instead features a series of unique installations that evoke abstract urban landscapes though sculpted polycarbonate panels and thousands of copper, brass and stainless steel pins.