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Overview

Turning Stone is the name of a casino operated by the Oneida Indian Nation in Verona, New York which opened sometime around 1993. The casino is now a full blown resort destination offering an on site and an offsite golf courses, RV Park, small arcade, 4 restaurants, a confectionary shop, table games (Blackjack, Carribean Stud, Pai Gow & more) and many types of digital slot machines.

Construction

During the building phase, the feasibility of opening a casino was under question as New York State took many steps to prevent the opening of a casino even though it is on sovereign land, excluding if from New York State laws & regulations. As a fall-back plan, the casino was constructed in a way to allow it to be a small shopping mall if the Oneida tribe was unable to finish their casino plans. The local town's water utility services were realized to be inadequate for the casino's needs so the Oneida tribe paid for a new water town to be built providing water for the casino and the rest of the Verona.

In 1994 construction began to build an on-site hotel and a large bingo hall (to replace the old bingo hall on reservation land who's funds were originally used to start the casino). Construction of the bingo hall finished in 1995 but disagreements caused the hotel to put on hold for over a year. In hindsight this benefited the construction of the hotel as original design plans were going to keep the hotel and casino separate, connected by only an outdoor walkway. A redesign of the hotel allow for more services (pool, spa, gym) and for a larger and more formal lobby that allowed the hotel and casino to be one structure.

In 2002 construction of a gaming expansion and showroom were completed providing the only Ticketmaster approved venue in the area. The popularity of the casino gave both the funding and the need for a second and third hotel to be built on premises which finished construction in late 2004. One hotel serves as possibly the tallest structure in a 20 mile radius to serve the common guest, while the other hotel is a luxury resort.


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