At first glance, it seems like a typical Protestant Sunday as parishioners sit scattered among new wooden pews, listening to a minister in a brown suit preach about serving God "a God who is real close."
The Broadway League opposes a proposal to open a Caesars Palace in the area, but developers are trying to line up restaurants and unions to lobby for it.
The holiday, which is also celebrated by Sikhs, Jains and some Buddhists, would replace Anniversary Day, or what was known for many years as Brooklyn-Queens Day, as a day off for city public school students.