SULLIVAN, N.Y. — Construction work continues on the $50 million expansion of Point Place Casino in the Bridgeport area of the town of Sullivan in Madison County. Construction crews on Feb. 4 raised the final beam into place on the project’s first phase. Before its installation, the beam was signed by Point Place Casino employees, […]
SULLIVAN, N.Y. — Construction work continues on the $50 million expansion of Point Place Casino in the Bridgeport area of the town of Sullivan in Madison County.
Construction crews on Feb. 4 raised the final beam into place on the project’s first phase. Before its installation, the beam was signed by Point Place Casino employees, the Oneida Indian Nation Council, and regional partners.
“Expanding Point Place Casino expands our shared success, making a better future not just for those of us here today, but for our grandchildren’s grandchildren unto the Seventh Generation and beyond,” Ray Halbritter, Oneida Indian Nation representative and Turning Stone Enterprises CEO, said in the announcement. “The placement of this beam is a major step toward that better future.”
The Oneida Indian Nation says the Point Place Casino will create a new multi-story hotel with an event space and a new Perfect Pour Cafe in its lobby, add a new full-service restaurant, and double the size of its gaming floor.
The project will also double the available parking space and introduce new retail space.
All of the amenities created by the expansion will begin opening in phases later this summer, the Oneida Indian Nation said.
The Point Place Casino expansion is expected to create about 250 construction jobs, along with full-time and part-time permanent roles for area residents when the expansion is complete.
“When the Oneida Indian Nation opens or expands its businesses, it’s only a matter of time until the project is finished and they’re ready to do it all over again,” Greg Lancette, president of the Central-Northern New York Building & Construction Trades Council, said in the announcement. “We can count on that because the Nation has a 30-year track record of constant reinvestment, building and growth. When that next project comes — and we know it will — it’s going to be even bigger and better than the last.”
The Oneida Indian Nation says its $50 million investment into the casino “continues its commitment to the constant growth and diversification of its enterprises and to serving as a leader in economic development and job creation for Madison County, the Mohawk Valley and all of Central New York,” per its announcement.
