Turning Stone closes out successful golf season

VERONA, N.Y. — As Turning Stone Resort Casino ramps up a $370 million project to renovate and expand the resort, it closes out the 2023 golf season with double-digit increases in the number of overnight golf guests and number of rounds played on its three 18-hole golf courses.

The resort says it saw a 40 percent increase in overnight golfing trips this year with golfers traveling to the area from 44 different states and several countries including Australia, England, Japan, and Spain.

The number of rounds played at the Atunyote, Kaluhyat, and Shenendoah golf courses increased by more than 15 percent. The resort also includes two nine-hole courses, Pleasant Knolls and Sandstone Hollow.

Turning Stone’s expansion project will add a Robert Trent Jones, Jr.-designed golf-practice area near the Shenendoah Clubhouse. It will include a 300-yard driving range, featuring five target greens with bunkers that replicate shots golfers take on the course.

The practice area, slated to open for the 2024 season, will also include a short-game area with a large putting green, a chipping area, and a bunker.

Turning Stone opened its first 18-hole golf course, Shenendoah, more than 20 years ago. Today, the resort has 70 golf employees, five golf courses, a golf dome with indoor short-game practice facilities, and its Golf Superstore.

Other work planned at Turning Stone includes a new sports lounge, a conference center that will expand existing convention and meeting spaces, a new 250-room hotel called The Crescent, and a new seafood restaurant.

Turning Stone Resort Casino, an enterprise of the Oneida Indian Nation, includes five hotels, two spas, more than 20 dining options, a 125,000-square-foot gaming floor, two event venues, and several nightlife spots.