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The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma broke ground last week on a casino expansion project.
The Choctaw Casino Resort in Grant will see a new hotel tower with 96 rooms, an expanded swimming pool and outdoor bar, a new poker room, 125 additional slot machines, an expanded buffet and a new coffee shop.
"We're creating 80 new jobs and we are wanting all of those to be tribal members, because we want to empower our tribal members to succeed," Chief Gary Batton said in a
press release.
The tribe did not disclose the cost of the project but expects it to be complete in July 2017. The facility sits only a few miles north of the Texas border and about 20 miles from Paris, Texas.