The Saginaw Chippewa Tribe of Michigan broke ground on the Soaring Eagle Water Park and Hotel on Monday.

The facility will feature a 45,000-square-foot water park, the largest in the state, a 243-room hotel, a restaurant and meeting space. Construction will take 14 to 16 months.

“This is the beginning of a new direction for the tribe,” Chief Dennis V. Kequom Sr. said at the groundbreaking, Central Michigan Life reported. “We want to turn this area into a destination community.”

Construction will generate 200 jobs. The facility will employ more than 120 people.

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