Cherokee Casino Resort's $155 million expansion

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June 6, 2009

CATOOSA, OK - As Cherokee Casino Resort is making incremental progress in transitioning towards its new identity "Hard Rock Casino Tulsa". When the current $155 million expansion is completed, the casino will begin another
$125 million construction project that will make it the largest casino in Oklahoma. The completed facility will total 337,000 square feet.

"Along with the new Hard Rock name, this Tulsa hotel and casino will boast all new amenities that larger local, regional or national event planners are looking for," said Stacy McKee-Redden, Cherokee Casino Resort's sales director. "The new look and feel is ultra-cool and modern, and guests will love the new rooms. They are decorated in a contemporary, sleek design with all the amenities you expect from a first-class resort."

Amanda Clinton, Cherokee Nation Businesses Communications manager, said work is finishing in increments. Final touches are being added to the convention space. A high-limit gaming room, a Center Bar that features a more than 80-foot-long bar top made of solid ice, and five floors of a new 19-story hotel tower are finished. The hotel opened its first 100 new rooms on May 4.

When finished the hotel tower will feature more than 200 rooms and suites bringing the total rooms to more than 300. The new tower will be enclosed with floor-to-ceiling glass walls to provide views of Tulsa's skyline. Soon afterwards, work would begin on Toby Keith's I Love This Bar & Grill.

The casino's expansion also includes a new 30,000-square-foot gaming room with 800 new slot machines. These will bring the total number to more than 2,300.

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