The River Spirit Casino in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Photo from Schuler Shook
The Muscogee Nation of Oklahoma has encountered some delays with its $335 million casino expansion project. The tribe is adding a 26-story hotel to the River Spirit Casino. The expansion includes a new gaming area, an entertainment venue, a convention center, a spa, a pool, a theater and restaurants in partnership with Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville brand Construction has begun but the tribe is waiting on a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers because part of the facility will be built over a stream bed. That means the project likely won't be done until early 2016 rather than mid-2015 as anticipated, Chief George Tiger said. “As anyone who’s ever done business with federal government knows, those wheels of motion sometimes aren’t very quick — and I’m not saying that disrespectfully,” Tiger told The Tulsa World. Get the Story:
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