Sandhill Cafe, a three-meal restaurant designed to seat 137 people in a flexible layout, also is part of the project. A full-service bar, billiards table and large bar upstairs with indoor and outdoor seating areas is also part of the suite. The top two floors of the hotel will feature a two-story suite with a unique living space showcasing a grand staircase, double-height window and residential elevator. The 15-story hotel piece of the addition will include 252 rooms, including 30 suites. The facility will include three pools, a swim-up bar, live palm trees and an entertainment stage with the capacity to host events of up to 2,400 people. The resort part of the project will include multiple pools inside a six-story aquadome enclosed area with 32,000 square feet that can transition into a concert venue. The project will be the largest expansion yet for the casino, adding on to the facility’s west side. This venue will surely become a must-see attraction for all to experience.”

The highlight will be a truly unique and versatile entertainment venue we refer to as the aquadome.

“With our expanding variety of entertainment options, which are designed to broaden our geographic reach, this will result in significant economic benefit throughout the region. “This expansion will begin the transformation of the Gun Lake Casino to become a Gun Lake Casino resort,” said Gun Lake Casino CEO Sal Semola. Officials from the casino and the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians, or Gun Lake Tribe, held a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday, May 19 at Gun Lake Casino in Wayland, revealing more details about the expansive project first announced in April 2021. Gun Lake Casino broke ground last week on a $300 million expansion that includes a 15-story hotel and multi-purpose “aquadome” enclosed pool space that will double as a nightlife venue.

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