The Oneidas will build Point Place Casino on Route 31, near the corner of Bridgeport-Kirkville Road, just a few hundred feet from the border with the town of Cicero, according to a news release posted on the Oneida Nation’s website.
Construction will begin in May with an expected opening in spring 2018.
The project cost is $40 million, Joel Barkin, VP of communication for the Oneida Indian Nation, said in an email response to a BJNN inquiry.
Point Place Casino will create more than 200 full- and part-time jobs in the town of Sullivan. The casino will open a recruitment office in Cicero and will begin hiring this fall.
The construction of Point Place Casino will follow a project-labor agreement with Central New York trade unions, creating 250 local construction jobs, the Oneida Nation said.
“We are thrilled to announce this new investment in Central New York, and are confident it will continue the success we have had in working hand-in-hand with the local community to create good jobs and generate public revenues,” Ray Halbritter, Oneida Nation representative and Nation Enterprises CEO, said in the release. “Over the last few decades, we have worked hard to build a well-planned economic model that has sustained and invigorated the local economy, and our expansion projects have almost always exceeded expectations. In the coming months, we are looking forward to working with the community to launch this latest project and build off that success.”
The new smoke-free facility will include a gaming floor with nearly 500 slot machines and 20 table games.
It’ll have two, fast-casual, counter-service restaurants, including the newest location of Wicked Good Pizza, the pizza shop that originated at the Oneida Nation’s Yellow Brick Road Casino in Chittenango and Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona.
Point Place Casino will also include Burgers of Madison County, a “family-friendly,” restaurant offering burgers, milkshakes, and more.
Additionally, Point Place Casino will introduce a second location of Opals Confectionary, the chocolatier and bakery from Turning Stone, and will have two bars, per the release.
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Visual caption: A rendering of Point Place Casino, which the Oneida Indian Nation plans to building in the Bridgeport section of the town of Sullivan in Madison County. The construction site for the $40 million, 65,000-square-foot venue is a few hundred feet from the border with the town of Cicero. (Visual credit: Oneida Indian Nation)