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Win-River launches $75 million expansion
FROM CASINO TO RESORT:
Win-River Casino will add $75 million in improvements, including an hotel and day spa to become Win River Casino Resort.
More Anderson News The Redding Rancheria broke ground Monday, Aug. 11, to expand the Win-River Casino to become Win-River Casino Resort. The expansion and remodel is projected to conclude in 2010 and cost $75 million.
That amount would be paid back in 10 years, Win-River Casino general manager Gary Hayward said.
The proposed hotel will occupy the casino’s lower parking lot. The resort is designed to include 121 rooms, a day spa, gift shop, pool, 100-seat steakhouse, a remodeled 200-seat buffet restaurant, an expanded events center and nightclub. To accommodate the guests and make-up for the loss of parking space, a 930-space parking garage is also in the plans for future development.
The casino floor will be expanded by 40 percent of its current capacity to accommodate a 20-table poker room. During renovation, Hayward said there would be no downtime for the casino.
The addition of a hotel will improve the casino’s chances of competing against similar operations in the region, Hayward said.
“All our competitors in a 100 mile radius, except for maybe one, have a hotel,” he said.
Hayward added that the Hilton Garden Inn would stay open and he did not expect the two hotels would compete for customers, as the Hilton caters to business people.
“(The hotel at Win-River) will be a kind of getaway or resort,” Hayward said. “That’s where the spa element will really kick in.”
Redding Rancheria donates approximately $400,000 each year to a community fund administered by the Shasta Regional Community Foundation.
“This expansion is a great measurement of our success,” Hayward said. Because of the vision of our tribal elders we are able to stand tall and proud of the economic diversity we have been able to help create over the years for present and future generations.”
The ceremonial ground breaking, which began with dancers and drumming, was attended by dignitaries from Shasta County, Anderson and Redding.
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