Eastern Shawnee Tribe breaks ground on $34M expansion at casino

Friday, June 24, 2016

Leaders of the Eastern Shawnee Tribe participate in the groundbreaking at the Indigo Sky Casino in Wyandotte, Oklahoma, on June 23, 2016. Photo from Facebook

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The Eastern Shawnee Tribe broke ground on a $34 million expansion project at its flagship in Oklahoma.

The tribe is adding a seven-story building to the Indigo Sky Casino. There will be space for another 128 hotel rooms, a ballroom / event center and other facilities.

"We have just come from so far and we are proud we are not one of those tribes that have to hire management companies to come in," Chief Glenna Wallace said during the ceremony on Thursday, The Miami News-Record reported. We just do it ourselves."

The expansion is set to open in the summer of 2017.

Get the Story:
Groundbreaking held for new project at Indigo Sky Casino (The Miami News-Record 6/24)
Indigo Sky Casino expansion groundbreaking (Four States Homepage 6/23)

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