Welcome back to New Day Northwest.
If you've been by the
Muckleshoot casino lately,
you've probably seen the major
transformation taking place there,
this enormous glass tower.
It is a brand new hotel and the
pinnacle of an exciting multi
phase evolution for the casino.
And joining me now is the executive director
of resort operations, Robert Gerstein.
Thank you for being here.
Thank you for having me.
We are so excited to see all of this,
this expansion has been in
the plans for years but.
Will you catch me up to where you're at now?
So now we just did our topping off
ceremony about 2 1/2 months ago.
95% of the glass is on.
We're building the tower.
We're getting,
we're going from floor up.
We're adding another 18,000
square feet of gaming space.
Some restaurants that I know
we'll talk about that some more,
but I'm super excited about what's to come.
I am too. We were talking a
little bit before the cameras were
rolling about how why it's so
great to have a hotel at a casino,
but tell me why that decision was made.
What's been made for a while now, right?
So Muckleshoot casino.
Narrator has been known in the
Moksha tribe has been known for
the biggest and the best in the
northwest you know so now it's the
next part of the evolution and the
and and the the planned expansions.
So we not too long ago did the Event
Center which is about 20,000 square
feet some restaurants and now we're
adding on the resort so we can deliver
a better experience more of an
experience to our guests a full journey
I want I cannot wait you know what sometimes
you need to get out of Seattle you want
to have that journey in a beautiful place
in a beautiful space with great food.
There is video that we have right now we're
going to show you of the crews hosting this.
Hoisting the final steel beam up into place.
Is is it true the hotel is the tallest
structure between Tacoma and Seattle?
It is. It is 198.8 feet,
so the tallest between and
the views breathtaking.
The South overlooks Mount Rainier.
Absolutely stunning.
It is a beautiful,
I mean look at that incredible
team is doing a phenomenal job.
So have you stood at the top?
What is the view like?
Absolutely. Of course you have.
I walk at least five times a week.
Whether it's for design meetings,
quality quality assurance meetings,
or just taking the team around,
you can never get sick. That view
on a clear day you could probably
see pretty far, huh? Absolutely.
And any day it's beautiful.
It is absolutely stunning. I
love that. What a lovely experience.
And there I understand. Up on that
rooftop is gonna be a steakhouse too.
It is. It is a absolute beautiful steakhouse.
Indoor and outdoor dining,
outdoor dining will have windscreens
that come down with heaters if need be.
On some of those element days we
have a beautiful indoor dry ager.
So for some of the finest dry
aged meats you can get around a
wine label of at least 350 wine.
Awesome. My God.
Right from from the the the basic all the
way up to the the very discerning the very.
You know we have a someone property
and the and the steakhouse.
Yes if you're looking to pair your dinner
with a beautiful wine we'll take it.
So this is a full experience.
Full experience 2 private dining rooms.
We
got you covered. Please.
You know I love it. What are some
of the other restaurants too?
Sure. We have Asian 8 or Asian restaurant.
We have the Muckleshoot restaurant.
We have the Caesars Sports
book by Muckleshoot.
We have the sweet shop.
Who doesn't like sweets, right? I know.
And soon we're going to have market 253,
which is our newest restaurant.
More of a Pacific Northwest
farm to table feel.
Very upscale menu.
Menu for rarely for everyone.
It's gonna be beautiful
before. I like that.
Yeah, it's pretty good.
Looks great. I enjoy it.
There's also an indoor pool
spa services and you mentioned
in an expanded gaming area.
Yeah so the indoor pools
on our lifestyle floor.
So it's it's a beautiful
pool that's indoor outdoor.
On beautiful days,
we could open up panda walls and
guests could our guests could
actually sit outside if they want
to enjoy the outdoor elements.
Beautiful that the spa 5500 square feet,
10 private rooms,
one couples room for therapy.
We have therapy pools both hot and cold,
hot and dry saunas all the all.
Beautiful salon
ispot. Excuse me,
I love the indoor pool option cause
it's so great for our climate.
But the ability to like,
open up and experience the outdoors too?
Yeah, I mean this is really,
I mentioned it before.
I it seems to me like I mentioned before
I when you need to get out of Seattle.
I mean this is a place that is a
destination that you can do everything
that you know what I'm thinking I
need some time away from the kids.
This is where I'm going for a weekend.
Absolutely. And that's what we hope
right we're going to provide that
cheers type love when you walk into
the property with more than 4 diamond
feel when you come up we want you to
experience everything that you hope to
experience when you come to Muckleshoot.
And the other thing is because we've been
talking here in the in the Muckleshoot
alcove about the casinos I've been
at the casinos the concerts that I've
been talking about with Terry Holloman.
So you could go up there,
see a concert, spend the night,
have a great steak dinner,
make a weekend out of it and get a massage.
Yeah, done. They want that. OK.
So when is it all expected to be wrapped
up? So we're looking at fall 2023.
So we're getting there.
Still a lot of work to do,
but we are getting there. So excited.
Can I give you my reservation now?
Should I just? Absolutely.
Let's do it. Thank you so much.
It's been a pleasure to talk to you.
It's been a pleasure to see how
this beautiful place is growing.
And so we'll be checking in soon.
Thanks for having us.
Absolutely appreciate that.
Alright, well up next the fun and games
continue as my friends and my coworkers
take me on for a game of passwords.
Good luck to them.
We'll be right back.
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