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Harrah's Cherokee Valley River is a
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and
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on the
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in
Murphy, North Carolina Murphy is a town in and the county seat of Cherokee County, North Carolina, United States. It is situated at the confluence of the Hiwassee River, Hiwassee and Valley River, Valley rivers. It is the westernmost county seat in the state of North ...
. It is owned by the
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(EBCI) and operated by
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.


History

Proposed in 2014 and at a cost of $110 million, Harrah's Cherokee Valley River opened on September 28, 2015; designed by Cuningham Group Architecture Inc., the facility included a gaming floor, hotel and food court. In 2018, a $13 million expansion added a entertainment area that includes
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and a full-service restaurant. In March 2021 sports betting was added. On July 8, 2021, the EBCI approved a $275 million expansion that will include an additional hotel tower, a new restaurant, a hotel lobby café, a spa and indoor pool, and additional gaming space; JCJ Architecture was designated to design the expansion. Slated to be completed in 2024, it will add 296 rooms, 300 slot machines, eight additional table games, a poker room, 22-seat casino center bar, and a 1,500-space parking deck.


Features and design


Architecture

The hotel is seven-story tall and has 300 rooms.


Games

The casino has of gaming space, where it has over one thousand
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and gaming machines; traditional table games including
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, and
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; and a
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Amenities

The casino has one full-service restaurant, The Landing Café, and a
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that includes the
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, co-branded
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, and
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See also

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* Caesars Southern Indiana *
Harrah's Cherokee Harrah's Cherokee Casino Resort is a casino and hotel on the Qualla Boundary in Cherokee, North Carolina. It is owned by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) and operated by Caesars Entertainment. It is located on the site of the former F ...


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