“The Turning Stone Evolution is much more than just an expansion,” Ray Halbritter, Oneida Indian Nation representative and Oneida Nation Enterprises CEO said in a statement Friday. The expansion will generate a $616 million one-time economic impact, create 3,600 one-time jobs and generate $22.1 million in state and local tax revenues, the Nation said.
The two-year project, officials said, will be the largest expansion in the resort's history, which opened in 1993. A $370 million capital investment in Turning Stone Resort and Casino will expand the facility to include a new conference center, outdoor event spaces, hotel and more, the Oneida Nation announced Friday.
