Eller named president & COO at Empire Resorts

Empire Resorts Inc. has named former Genting Americas executive Ryan Eller as president and chief operating officer to oversee the company”™s resort casino development in Sullivan County and Monticello Casino and Raceway.

A former Marine Corps major and graduate of Harvard Business School, Eller spent four years at Genting New York LLC, where he oversaw planning for a $315 million expansion of Genting”™s Resorts World Casino New York City in Jamaica, Queens. He served concurrently as senior vice president of development of Genting Americas Inc. and oversaw the design and development of the company”™s $4 billion integrated resort project on the Las Vegas Strip.

Since starting his resort and gaming industry career at Caesar”™s Entertainment Inc. in 2006, Eller has held executive finance posts at PCI Gaming Authority and Choctaw Resort Development Enterprise, both casino and resort businesses owned by Native American tribes.