![]() The Harrah’s Cherokee complex includes a 15,000 sq ft (1,400 m2) conference center, a 3,000-seat events center, the Essence Lounge, a workout room, a lobby cafe, and a food court with four restaurants, Chef’s Stage Buffet, Ruth’s Chris Steak House, and BRIO Tuscan Grille. The casino also regularly hosts World Series of Poker circuit events in the Events Center which feature a variety of tournaments and concurrent cash games. No-limit hold’em tournaments are run daily, including larger buy-in deep stack tourneys on the weekends. The casino has a non-smoking poker room with 20 tables. Part of the casino’s revenue is also distributed directly to the Cherokee population, in a form of basic income. Since then, the tribe has used its casino revenues to build a new high school, a hospital, and public housing, and to upgrade public safety services on the reservation, such as police, fire and EMS. This followed the opening of a tribal bingo parlor in the early 1990s, which was quite profitable and led to calls for a casino. ![]() Harrah’s Cherokee opened in November 1997 with video poker as the only gaming option. ![]()
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