Expansion to Include Additional Gaming Options and RoomsĪfter the master plan secured approval from the Tribal Council, Harrah’s Regional Vice President for Marketing Brian Saunooke said that “key features” of the planned expansion will include a new hotel tower, a new restaurant, a hotel lobby cafe, a spa and indoor pool, expanded gaming space, and an additional parking.

It was in March again when EBCI launched a wagering facility at its other casino – Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort. In March 2021, the hotel and casino complex also added sports betting to its offering.Ī 2019 law authorized the tribe to run sportsbooks at its two casinos in North Carolina. The property also features a seven-story hotel offering 300 rooms. That expansion project also saw the addition of 55 new gaming units as well as bartop units such as video poker to the gaming floor. In 2018, the tribe completed a $13 million expansion to add 41,000 square feet of entertainment space featuring bowling, arcade games, and a full-service restaurant. The tribe spent around $110 million on the property. It initially featured 50,000 square feet of casino space with 1,050 slot machines, 70 table games, and a food court-style dining area. Harrah’s Cherokee Valley River originally opened doors in the fall of 2015.

The Tribal Casino Gaming Enterprise (TCGE), the tribe’s gambling unit, said that it would obtain a loan that would not exceed $275 million to fund the various projects related to the proposed expansion of the complex. What has been made known is that it includes a set of different projects, but these are not named in the resolution passed by Tribal officials.Ĭonnecticut-based architecture firm JCJ Architecture has been tapped to develop the concept design for the casino expansion and provide a cost estimate. The master plan was not made available to the public. The Tribal Council of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) last week approved a $275 million master plan to expand the tribe’s Harrah’s Cherokee Valley River Casino in Murphy, North Carolina.

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