'It's virtually going to be a brand-new building,' Allen said.Įven with the casino's can't-miss-it location on I-4, it's easy to forget how explosive the growth there has been. The number of places to shop will more than triple, and the casino will be renovated, ending up with 5,000 slots machines and nearly 200 gaming tables. There also will be a 200-seat Italian restaurant, a 30,000-square-foot event center with a large ballroom and 700 more parking spaces. The hotel tower's top floor will offer a private gaming parlor for VIP guests, with a similarly exclusive check-in and private elevators to the high-end suites.Īn expanded deck the size of a football field will include three pools and a 120-seat restaurant, plus a 25,000-square-foot spa and salon nearby. The new tower will give the tribe about 800 rooms on its Tampa property, including 88 suites (79 of them new). 'When we run at over 98 percent occupancy (in the current 250-room hotel) since day one, we know that there's a lot of people who would enjoy and visit this facility, but we just haven't had enough hotel rooms,' he said.

The 564 new rooms can't be ready too soon, said Jim Allen, CEO of Seminole Gaming and chairman of Hard Rock International, which is owned by the Seminole Tribe of Florida.

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