VIPs get royal treatment at charity event for racino

AUSTINTOWN — “Welcome to Hollywood.”

That’s how VIP guests were welcomed tonight to the VIP event at Hollywood Gaming at Mahoning Valley Race Course.

“This is when the excitement starts,” said Mike Galle, general manager of the Austintown racino. “Having people come in through the doors for the first time — that is what really gets my adrenaline running and [that of] a lot of my team members.”

Civic and government leaders, as well as Valley residents, came out in the thousands for the VIP event.

All of the night’s proceeds, primarily from beverages and video lottery terminal revenue, will be evenly distributed among Second Harvest Food Bank of the Mahoning Valley, Rescue Mission of the Mahoning Valley and Down Syndrome Association of the Valley — after the state takes its standard 33 percent.

Food at the event was complimentary.

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