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Bursting Hard Rock casino opens new space in August
By Steve Huettel
Published June 15, 2007
Just three years after opening, the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino is undergoing a $120-million expansion that will make it Florida's largest casino. An addition expected to open in August will create a 3.2-acre gaming floor with 3, 200 gambling machines - about 50 percent larger than the existing casino. The project includes a fancy steak house, a VIP lounge and a 1, 250-space garage with room to park nine buses at a time. Owned by the Seminole Tribe of Florida, the Tampa casino has been a huge success, drawing as many as 20, 000 people a day during Florida's busy season from Christmas through Easter. The casino markets to gamblers as far away as Daytona Beach, Ocala and North Port in Sarasota County, says president John Fontana. "We're doing a great business, " he says. "And we want to increase from a local to a much more regional market."
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