Clyde Salisbury, an online bingo champion and native New Yorker, prefers the digital gaming scene that sprouts up around the city this time of year. Major sports networks will be covering the event, which includes both qualifier and professional players.”īut these two highlight events aren’t the only ways for New Yorkers to cash in on National Bingo Day later this month. This October, in addition to the Bingo In The Park festival held along 5th Avenue at Central Park East, we’ll also be opening up Madison Square Garden for live tournaments beginning Friday the 18th and lasting through Sunday the 20th. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg had this to say on the upcoming holiday: “While National Bingo Day has consistently garnered attention across the country for the past decade or so, the holiday has come to be a unique event for the fine citizens of New York City. Always a joyous occasion for sporting and gaming fans alike, the October 19th event can’t come soon enough for a city pulsing with a need for entertainment. New York City, NY – With baseball season over in New York, and the Yankees having missed the playoffs for the 2nd time in 19 seasons – and with the Giants and Jets both off to miserable starts in the NFL season – New York sports fans are getting geared up a bit early for National Bingo Day.
