The MIG IMPLAN model for the Highlands region shows one job created outside the casino industry for. The North Carolina Department of Transportation is building a new bridge and making other improvements to improve access to the casino, which is about an hour's drive southwest of the existing Harrah's Cherokee resort.Įarlier this year, the tribe completed a $650 million expansion of that casino, which draws an estimated 3.6 million visitors annually. Harrah's Cherokee Great Smoky Mountains Resort. The casino will feature 60,000 square feet of gaming space with slots and traditional table games, a 300-room full service hotel and a variety of dining options, officials said. 'This is an ambitious project, but we are confident that it will be a success for our customers, our tribe and for the surrounding community.' 'Our winning partnership with Caesars Entertainment gives us a proven track record in the gaming industry,' Principal Chief Michell Hicks said in a statement. The new casino and hotel is owned by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians but operated by Caesars Entertainment Corp. They say the new casino and hotel will create 900 jobs and inject as much as $39 million in wages into the western North Carolina mountains. Tribal leaders held a ceremonial kick-off Tuesday outside Murphy for the $110 million project. North Carolina's Cherokee Indians are moving ahead with plans to build a second casino.
