One year after breaking ground and 24 years after the Cowlitz Indian Tribe gained federal recognition, the completion of ilani Casino Resort’s 10,000-square-foot event space expansion was celebrated during a ceremony Monday, Feb. 12.

The tribe held a ribbon-cutting for ilani Casino Resort’s Meeting and Entertainment Center. The expansion adds 10,000 square feet to the existing 30,000-square-foot entertainment center, enhancing the venue’s capability to host a variety of conferences, conventions and events. Six-thousand square feet of the expansion is allocated for office and conference spaces, opening a new market for the venue.

The allocated space consists of six dividable breakout rooms, each spanning 1,000 square feet.