BATAVIA -- Western Regional Off-Track Betting Corp. management is putting the expansion of The Hotel at Batavia Downs on hold due to higher than anticipated construction cost projections.

Accepting the recommendation of outgoing President/Chief Executive Officer Henry Wojtaszek, the public benefit company's board of directors on Thursday afternoon agreed - without taking a vote - to delay adding more rooms to the 84-room facility on Park Road for up to a year.

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