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Turning Stone Resort Casino has completed the first phase of its $400 million renovation project in upstate New York, marking a notable property update for one of the state’s best-known gaming destinations.
According to Casino City Times, the Oneida Indian Nation celebrated completion of phase one on 19 July. The newly opened additions include The Crescent, Turning Stone’s fourth hotel, with 258 guest rooms, and Salt, a new fine-dining restaurant on the seventh floor.
The update stood out in a broader industry roundup that also covered a proposed federal bill targeting prediction markets, a regulatory penalty against Tabcorp in Australia, a slot jackpot at Foxwoods in Connecticut, and the reopening of Primm Valley Resort and Casino in Nevada.
For New York casino visitors, the Turning Stone expansion is the clearest local development. The first phase adds new lodging capacity and another on-property dining option as the larger renovation continues. The source article did not provide a timeline for the remaining phases of the project.
The same roundup also noted fresh movement in the national debate over prediction markets. Congressmen Steven Horsford and Mark Amodei introduced the Prediction Markets Are Gambling Act, which would prohibit sports and casino-style event contracts on federally registered exchanges. The article said the measure is aimed at stopping federally regulated trading platforms from offering sports betting and casino-style gambling as financial products.
That legislation is separate from New York casino operations, but it is part of a wider policy discussion around where gambling products end and financial market products begin.
For now, the most concrete New York takeaway is the continued investment at Turning Stone. Readers looking for what comes next should watch for updates on later phases of the renovation project, since no completion schedule for the remaining work was included in the source report.
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Source: As reported by Dan Ippolito.
