Harrah’s Cherokee Valley River Casino & Hotel held a media tour of the $275 million construction site for the 25,000 square foot expanded gaming floor, 296-room hotel tower, and 1,500-space parking deck on the morning of Dec. 11. Representatives from general contractor Robins & Morton and Harrah’s Cherokee Valley River General Manager Lumpy Lambert led the tour of the new sites that will hold 400 new slot machines, 12 additional table games, a 10-table World Series of Poker poker room, and 22-seat casino bar.

Lambert is pleased with the progress of the expansion, a project he anticipated years ago. “We recognized the necessity of an expansion when we opened eight years ago,” Lambert said.