Most recently, in 2017, Rivers Resort & Casino at Mohawk Harbor opened its doors to the local community, bringing hundreds of jobs, as well as multiple restaurants, a banquet facility, and hotel.
Undergoing revitalization, Schenectady boasts abundant recreational and cultural venues with beautiful Central Park and its nationally recognized Rose Garden and the restored vaudevillian theater, Proctors, which recently underwent a multi-million dollar expansion and renovation to accommodate Broadway’s biggest shows. Thomas Edison established his Edison Machine Works, later to become the General Electric Company, here in 1886. In 1825, the opening of the Erie Canal changed the character of Schenectady from that of a riverfront town that served as the gateway to the west, to a leader in the Industrial Revolution. Its early Dutch heritage is preserved in the historic Stockade district on the banks of the Mohawk River. The Schenectady area is one of New York’s best kept secrets.
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