Five restaurants, including a small café, a fine dining restaurant, a buffet, a coffee shop, and a sports bar.

The Wenaha Group is serving as the owner’s representative. The casino was designed by Cuningham Group Architecture, and general contractor Absher-Kitchell is overseeing construction. “We are turning it into a tourist destination.” “The casino will be a vibrant touch to this whole city,” said Puyallup Tribal Vice Chairman Bill Sterud. It is projected to pump $1.5 billion into the local economy during the next decade.

Located at 2920 East R St., Tacoma, Wash., the nearly $400 million facility boasts glamour, glitz and state-of-the-art technology. “There are very few casinos, even in Las Vegas, that are nicer than this one,” he said. The Puyallup Tribal News recently took a hard hat tour of the site, led by Emerald Queen General Manager Frank Wright. Right now, it’s “early 2020.” As with any major construction project, equipment tests, final permits and many other details will play into the new casino’s opening day. How soon? Tribal officials aren’t quite ready to give an opening date. Inside the building, the noises are a little more muted – zings of drills, swishes of furniture moving furniture and spritzing of cleaning bottles.Ĭrews are knocking out punch list items for the Puyallup Tribe’s new 310,000-square-foot casino, which is set to open soon. The sounds of construction – deep rumbles, clanks and beep-beep-beeps of heavy equipment – are happening outside the Puyallup Tribe’s new Emerald Queen Casino. It is not likely that I will be returning anytime soon.By Lisa Pemberton, Puyallup Tribal News staff writer If you like lobster, prime rib, and slot machines the Emerald Queen Casino is the place to go. We played the slots for a short time and one of my companions won around $ 90.00. I enjoy the poker machines because you at least feel like you have some control in winning or losing. It seems like a rather mindless activity. I was disappointed that the casino had no poker machines that I could find. We decided to do some gambling after we ate at the buffet. There are other brunch buffets in the area that provide a much better selection of higher quality entrees for about the same price. The selection of desserts in the buffet was also quite good.

However, everything else on the buffet seemed less than appetizing and of very average food quality. The lobster was prepared well and the prime rib on the buffet was also very good.

The all you can eat lobster buffet is a great deal if you are a lobster lover.

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