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$40 MILLION BEAUTIFICATION AND RENOVATION PROJECT ANNOUNCED AT SENECA NIAGARA RESORT & CASINO Project to include exterior entryway, hotel lobby; Work to start in coming weeks NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK: (April 27, 2018) Fifteen years after Seneca Niagara Casino helped re-establish Niagara Falls USA as a destination for unparalleled excitement, the Seneca Nation and Seneca Gaming Corporation are preparing to once again make a significant investment on the Nation’s Niagara Territory and powerful statement for those visiting Niagara Falls. Leaders from the Nation and Gaming Corporation were joined today by government, labor and business leaders as they announced plans for a $40 million beautification and renovation project that will dramatically change the appearance and entryway on the east side of Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino, while further enhancing the Four Diamond experience guests enjoy at the region’s premier resort property. As important, the project will help make an immediate impression on the many travelers who enter Niagara Falls via the Robert Moses Parkway. “We have long viewed our Niagara Territory, and this vantage point of Seneca Niagara in particular, as standing at the front door to Niagara Falls. As more and more people visit our resort and discover – and rediscover – the wonders of Niagara, we want to make an immediate impression on them,” said Seneca Nation President Todd Gates. “Over the past 15 years, the Seneca Nation has chartered the course and made significant investments to bring people and jobs to Niagara Falls. By making this latest investment, we are again letting the world know that there is something exciting and special for them to enjoy here.” Work on the multi-phase project will feature a flowing, landscaped entry boulevard entering the property from John Daly Blvd., complete with extensive landscaping, sculpture features, a new covered entryway, and an eye-catching glass façade. Inside the resort, crews will completely reimagine the hotel lobby, including
creating a new Guest Registration and VIP Check-In area for hotel guests, relocating The Lobby Bar, creating expansive views into the casino area, and, ultimately, including future renovations to the popular restaurants located off the hotel lobby: Koi, la Cascata, Three Sisters Café, and Morrie’s Express. “This project will personify the true feel of a Seneca resort property for every guest,” added Seneca Gaming Corporation Chairman Barry E. Snyder, Sr. “There will be a tangible sense of excitement and anticipation from the minute someone turns onto the new entry boulevard. That feeling will cascade throughout the entire property, from the new lobby through the hotel tower and spa, throughout the restaurants and across the gaming floor. Our guests’ senses will be heightened, and their expectations exceeded. That has been our goal since day one.” Site work is scheduled to begin in the coming weeks, with exterior work completed by this winter. Construction of the new Guest Registration and VIP Check-In area is targeted to be complete in November, followed by construction of the covered entry, glass façade and remaining lobby renovations. The entire project is scheduled to be complete before fall 2019. The project is expected to create many additional construction jobs and will be completed with minimal disruptions to operations. Seneca Gaming Corporation officials view the project, which is being branded the Seneca Arrival Experience, as an exciting moment in the history of Seneca Niagara and the region that everyone can celebrate, including not only Seneca Niagara employees, guests, but the general public as well. “We can’t wait to get started and to see this incredible vision come to life,” said Holly Gagnon, Seneca Gaming Corporation President & CEO. “The energy and atmosphere at Seneca Niagara are going to be noticeably different, almost instantaneously, and we want people to embrace that change. Whether someone is a 15-year employee, a regular guest, or experiencing Seneca Niagara for the first time, we want them to feel the excitement, curiosity, and anticipation that is inherent to this major redevelopment as well as the investment that the Seneca Nation and Seneca Gaming Corporation are choosing to make here.” The $40 million price tag associated with the Seneca Arrival Experience will bring the Seneca Nation’s total investment in its Niagara Territory to more than $600 million since crews transformed a former convention center space into Seneca Niagara Casino in the span of 100 days in 2002. Today, Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino attracts millions of visitors to Niagara Falls each year, features the largest hotel in Western New York, and is one of the largest employers in Niagara Falls. In all, Seneca Gaming Corporation employs more than 4,000 workers at its three gaming and resort properties: Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino, Seneca Allegany Resort & Casino in Salamanca, and Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino in downtown Buffalo.
“From the day people lined up waiting for the doors to open at Seneca Niagara for the first time, the Seneca Nation has been redefining excitement, energy and luxury for a global audience,” President Gates said. “We want to keep driving forward, so the Seneca name remains synonymous with the best experience anyone can enjoy.” Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino is located just minutes from the world-famous Niagara Falls in Western New York, near the Canadian border. The property is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week and 365 days a year. Guest can enjoy 147,000 square feet of gaming space with more than 3,000 slot machines and 80 table games, 10 restaurants, live entertainment and a AAA Four Diamond Award-winning, 26-story hotel with 604 deluxe rooms and suites, a spa and salon, fitness center, indoor pool and STIR feature bar with live entertainment, signature cocktails, and a stunning 43-foot high-definition video wall as well as the first of its kind on the East Coast-Lightning Link Lounge! More information is available by calling 1-877-8-SENECA (1-877-873-6322) or visiting www.SenecaCasinos.com. Follow us on Facebook: Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino Twitter: @SenecaCasinos or Instagram: Instagram.com/SenecaCasinos. #SenecaNiagara Download our mobile app and view us on YouTube. Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino…NOTHING ELSE COMES CLOSE! ###