The ceremony followed the tribe’s council passing a budget resolution for the new Cherokee-based facility in February while the Eastern Band Of Cherokee Indians revealed that it will be responsible for $6.5 million of the building costs with Tribal Casino Gaming Enterprise accountable for the remaining half. “I don’t want to take it too lightly and I think a lot of other enrolled members feel the same, that we appreciate what you, Harrah’s Cherokee, have done for us.”

“It’s been proven many, many times in business that without growth and without change business would die,” Shawn Crowe, a member of the Eastern Band Of Cherokee Indians, said during the July 19 ground-breaking ceremony. The Eastern Band Of Cherokee Indians has officially broke ground on construction of a new 50,000 sq ft bowling complex for its Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort in North Carolina.Īccording to a report in the Cherokee One Feather newspaper, the $13 million project is a joint venture between the tribe and Tribal Casino Gaming Enterprise and is scheduled to open in late-2017 offering 24 bowling lanes spread across two floors alongside a bar, an arcade and food and beverage areas. Latest Casino and Gambling News, Tribal Gaming, Casino expansion projects, North Carolina Betting on sports futures, props and lay bets.