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Alpha Hospitality to Become Empire Resorts, Inc.

The Board of Directors of the Company has also approved a request for a NASDAQ ticker symbol change from ALHY to NASDAQ symbol: NYNY. The company will begin trading under the ticker NYNY on Wednesday, April 16, 2003. The name change to Empire Resorts has been approved by shareholder consent and will become effective on May 21, 2003. The Company is also moving its corporate headquarters to New York City.

Empire Resort's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Robert Berman said, "During the past year and a half, the Company has shed its prior businesses and changed its strategic direction. We are now a different company -- with new management and a strong New York focus. Our primary mission is to work with our partners, the Cayuga Nation of New York to complete our goal of opening a casino in the Catskills."

In late 2001, the New York State legislature passed a bill authorizing three casinos in the Catskills. The Cayuga Nation filed a land trust application with the Bureau of Indian Affairs last week with respect to the proposed casino site. Once approved, the Cayuga casino will be one hour closer to New York City than any casino in Connecticut or Atlantic City.

Mr. Berman concluded, "When finished, we will be offering a first class casino experience and the very best of amenities. New Yorkers will finally have the opportunity to spend their gaming entertainment dollars in their state, where their money will most benefit the Empire State's treasury -- not the coffers of our neighbor states. Atlantic City and Connecticut have had a monopoly on casino gaming for far too long. We look forward to bringing this greatly needed revenue stream back home while we simultaneously help the state and local economies by creating over 8000 permanent direct and indirect jobs."

The Company has received written consents, in lieu of a meeting of stockholders, from the holders of a majority of its voting stock to change its name to Empire Resorts, Inc. The Company has prepared an Information Statement pursuant to SEC Rule 14c-2 and is in the process of mailing the Information Statement to its shareholders. The name change will become effective upon compliance with the requirements of Rule 14c-2, including a 20-day waiting period following the mailing to shareholders. Pending the effective date of the amendment, the Company intends to use Empire Resorts, Inc. as a dba name in accordance with Delaware law. The Company estimates the name change will become effective May 21, 2003.

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