Seminole Hard Rock Casino Plans $700 Million Expansion In Tampa

TAMPA, FL - The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa is planning a nearly $700 million expansion that will include a new 15-story hotel tower with an additional 564 hotel rooms and suites. The casino will expand to 5,000 slot machines and almost 200 gaming tables. The expansion is scheduled for completion in mid-2019.

The top floor of the new hotel tower will feature a private gaming parlor for VIP guests, with an exclusive check-in and private elevators to suites. Hotel guests will have access to three new outdoor swimming pools adjacent to the second level of the new hotel tower that will feature a 120-seat Pool Grille restaurant and bar.

The investment means there will be close to an additional 1,000 part-time and full-time jobs, which are in addition to the more than 2,000 construction jobs on-site during the two-year building project.

“Major expansion of the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa is further evidence of the Seminole Tribe’s commitment to the people of Florida that it will continue to increase the economic impact of its Seminole Gaming facilities,” said Jim Allen, CEO of Seminole Gaming.

The expanded Seminole Hard Rock Hotel will offer about 800 guest rooms, including 79 new hotel suites. A new 25,000-square-foot Rock Spa & Salon will also open on the second level of the hotel tower. The new spa will replace the existing spa and salon.

The property also will add to its music and entertainment options with a 30,000-square-foot Seminole Hard Rock Event Center that is under construction on the second level of the casino complex. The center includes a 17,000-square-foot grand ballroom for concerts, conventions, trade shows, private events and large-scale poker tournaments.

An additional 700 parking spaces will increase the total number of available parking spaces to about 6,000.

Expansion of the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa is part of a record $2.4 billion economic investment by the Seminole Tribe of Florida in its two flagship destination casino complexes in Tampa and Hollywood, Fla. The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood is undergoing a simultaneous expansion and renovation.

Architects for the expansion are Klai Juba Wald Architects of Las Vegas, Nev. Interior designs are by Wimberly Interiors, Coral Gables, Laurence Lee Associates, Los Angeles and Klai Juba Wald Interiors, Las Vegas. The construction team is led by Suffolk Yates.

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