MEDIA ADVISORY & PHOTO OPPORTUNITY - EMPIRE SATE BUILDING - TUESDAY, JUNE 1

Friday, May 28, 2010

 

Contact: Dan Silver

dsilver@nyrainc.com

 

MEDIA ADVISORY & PHOTO OPPORTUNITY – TUESDAY, JUNE 1

 

EMPIRE STATE BUILDING TO HOST BELMONT STAKES TRAINER ALEXIS BARBA AND SAMMY THE BUGLER

 

 

WHO:              Alexis Barba, Trainer for Make Music for Me, who will be running in Belmont Stakes

                        Sam Grossman, aka. “Sam the Bugler,” the official bugler for The New York Racing Association, Inc.

 

WHAT:            A photo opportunity at the Empire State Building’s world famous 86^th floor Observatory

 

                        Barba and Grossman will be visiting the building just days before Saturday’s running of the 142^nd Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park.

 

Barba, trainer for fourth-place Kentucky Derby finisher Make Music for Me, seeks to become the first female trainer to win the Belmont Stakes.

 

Grossman has been the official track bugler at NYRA going on 18 years, and has also performed at Madison Square Garden and Yankees Stadium.

 

WHERE:         The Fifth Avenue Lobby of Manhattan’s legendary Empire State Building, located at 350 Fifth Avenue between 33^rd and 34^th Streets

 

WHEN:            Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Media Check-in: 10:15am

 

CONTACT:    For Empire State Building                                             

Matt McCullough, MATTER, Edelman              

O: 212-642-7706, C: 917-306-5096                                 

matt.mccullough@matter-edelman.com                         

 

 

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About the Empire State Building

Soaring 1,454 feet above Midtown Manhattan, the Empire State Building is the “World’s Most Famous Office Building.”  With new investments in infrastructure, public areas and amenities, the Empire State Building has attracted first-rate tenants in a diverse array of industries from around the world.  The skyscraper’s robust broadcasting technology supports all major television and FM radio stations in the New York metropolitan market. The Empire State Building was named America’s favorite building in a poll conducted by the American Institute of Architects. The Empire State Building Observatory is one of the world’s most beloved attractions and is the region’s #1 tourist destination. For more information on the Empire State Building, please visit www.esbnyc.com.

 

About the Belmont Stakes

The Belmont Stakes is the third leg of thoroughbred racing’s prestigious Triple Crown, also comprising the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes. The Belmont Stakes is held on an annual basis at Belmont Park in early June, with the 142^nd running being held this year on Saturday, June 5. Only eleven horses have swept the Triple Crown, with the most recent being Affirmed in 1978. Belmont Park is operated by The New York Racing Association, Inc., which also operates Aqueduct Racetrack in Jamaica, NY and Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga, NY. Visit www.BelmontStakes.com, the official online home of the Belmont Stakes, for more information.

 

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