On March 11, 2014, the board of directors of Empire Resorts Inc. ('Empire') appointed Edmund Marinucci to fill a vacancy in the board and the board of directors of each subsidiary of Empire created by the resignation of Au Fook Yew. Mr. Marinucci has been a partner at PCH Hotels, LLC. From October 1983 to December 2008, Mr. Marinucci served as a president of PCH Hotels, LLC.