Eastern Cherokees start work on $13M bowling center at casino

Wednesday, July 20, 2016

The groundbreaking for the new bowling center at the Harrah's Cherokee Casino Resort in Cherokee, North Carolina, took place on July 19, 2016. Photo from Facebook

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The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians broke ground on a bowling alley at its flagship casino in North Carolina.

The $13 million Bowling Entertainment Center will be located at the Harrah's Cherokee Casino Resort. The 50,000 square-foot facility will feature 24 bowling lanes, at least one food and beverage outlet, an arcade and a bar spread out on two different floors, The Cherokee One Feather reported.

"We’ve all created a vision together," Chief Patrick Lambert said at the groundbreaking, the paper reported. "It’s a shared vision – a vision of economic diversification that makes good business sense, respects Cherokee culture, creates new job opportunities, and provides family-friendly attractions that will entice our visitors to visit and stay longer.”

The center is expected to open in the fall of 2017.

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Tribe, Harrah’s break ground on Bowling Center (The Cherokee One Feather 7/20)
Bowling and entertainment center coming to Cherokee next year (WLOS 7/19)