Eastern Shawnee Tribe aims to stay debt free as casino expands

Friday, June 3, 2016

An artist's rendering of the expanded Indigo Sky Casino in Wyandotte, Oklahoma. Image from Eastern Shawnee Tribe

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The Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma remains debt free after 32 years in the gaming business.

The tribe reopened and renovated the Bordertown Casino and Arena in April 2015 and started work this week on a $34 million expansion at the Indigo Sky Casino, its flagship facility. Through it all, Chief Glenna Wallace said the tribe has remained on solid financial ground.

"We are never one to go into debt,” Wallace told The Grand Lake News. "We are totally debt free."

In addition to Bordertown and Indigo Sky, the tribe operates the Outpost Casino. All are located in the same are but Wallace said each draws its own customer base.

"We will have three casinos within a five miles,” Wallace told the paper. “Our plan is to add to each one of these facilities as needed and warranted."

The Indigo Sky expansion, which includes a new seven-story building with 127 hotel rooms and a ballroom/event center, is expected to open sometime in 2017.

Get the Story:
'Bursting at seams': Eastern Shawnee to expand Indigo Sky (The Grand Lake News 6/3)
Eastern Shawnee casino adding event center, hotel rooms (The Tulsa World 6/2)