http:\/\/www.buffalonews.com\/city-region\/niagara-falls\/seneca-niagara-casino-shows-off-26-million-makeover-20131211<\/a><\/p>\n\tNIAGARA FALLS \u2013 With its 11th anniversary approaching on New Year\u2019s Eve, Seneca Niagara Casino is receiving a makeover, with brighter lighting, a redesigned gambling floor and better air quality, executives said Wednesday.<\/p>\n
\tThe $26 million project, giving a new look to the casino\u2019s two-acre main gambling floor, started in July and is about three-quarters complete, said Cathy Walker, president and CEO of Seneca Gaming Corp.<\/p>\n
\tAfter a break between Christmas and New Year\u2019s, when the casino is at its busiest, the remodeling work will resume and should be completed in February, according to James Wise, senior vice president of marketing.<\/p>\n
\tAbout 300 construction workers are being employed on the remodeling.<\/p>\n
\tWalker said the redesign includes a new $6 million air-handling system that is supposed to do a better job of removing smoke from the air. Because the casino is located on land that is part of the Seneca Nation, New York State\u2019s laws against indoor smoking in public places don\u2019t apply.<\/p>\n
\t\u201cIt is going to cut down on smoke. We are doing more circulation changes of the air. It is going to make the experience that much better for our guests and employees,\u201d Walker said.<\/p>\n
\tA definite breeze could be felt on the casino floor as reporters toured the facility.<\/p>\n
\tThe redesigned gambling floor limits the rows of slots to five machines long. Many of the 4,000 machines have been replaced, and all have new bases. New chairs also were installed at the slots and at the 90 table games. Also, a new Keno Bar was installed near the entrance to the buffet restaurant, and the Player\u2019s Club, the customer service desk, has been remodeled.<\/p>\n
\tWalker said the design changes were driven in part by feedback from the casino\u2019s customers, who have made about 10 million visits to the casino in the past year.<\/p>\n
\tShe said after analyzing email surveys of gamblers, \u201cOne of the things they told us is that they wanted to see a more Las Vegas-like, open, airy experience; easier aisles, easier ways to move about the facility.\u201d<\/p>\n
\tBesides arranging the machines and table games in more curved lines, the walkways are wider. The large Club 101 in the center of the floor, which includes a bandstand, will be removed, enhancing sight lines across the main floor.<\/p>\n
\tIt will be replaced by a new feature bar to be called Stir in the northeast corner of the casino, which will include a bandstand.<\/p>\n
\t\u201cThe way the floor flows is a lot better than it was,\u201d Seneca Gaming Chairman Kevin W. Seneca said. \u201cWhen you walk in, you can see everything. Once Club 101 is down, and some of these other canopies are down, you\u2019re going to be able to see right across to where the new feature bar is going to be.\u201d<\/p>\n
\tAnother factor in the remodeling was a desire to freshen the casino as new competition comes online from non-Indian casinos approved by voters last month.<\/p>\n
\t\u201cAs everyone knows, the casino market is expanding, and there\u2019s more offerings out there, but we are ahead of the game, and we\u2019ll stay ahead of the game,\u201d Walker said. \u201cIt\u2019ll be two, three, four years before those other New York properties are able to open.\u201d<\/p>\n
\tWestern New York will be off-limits to non-Indian casinos because the Senecas\u2019 compact with the state gives them exclusivity in this region.<\/p>\n
\tForty TV screens have been mounted in the casino. Walker said they will show news and sports channels as well as Keno.<\/p>\n
\tRobert Chamberlain, senior vice president of design and construction, said the new subfloor beneath the carpeting conceals 61 miles of all-new cables: 27 miles of wire for the surveillance system and 34 miles for the slot machines. The wiring system also allows the capability for easier upgrades.<\/p>\n
\t\u201cIf any technology change comes, we\u2019re already prewired for it,\u201d Chamberlain said.<\/p>\n
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