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To: Scott Carpenter / The Union Democrat <email address not displayed> Your Name: Email address: Subject: Message: Scott Carpenter / The Union Democrat wrote on the message board: > It has been 15 years since Phase One opened at Black Oak Casino > Resort, 20,000 square feet in which to gamble, eat and bowl. > > Within five years, the original casino building had been replaced by > Phase 2, a sprawling 170,000-square-foot space that included 1,300 > slot machines and three restaurants, said Ron Patel, CEO of Black Oak > Casino Resort. > > Now, still more space is being added. > > A 5,000-square-foot expansion of the casino designed to clear space > and reduce crowding will be completed sometime next year, and then an > RV park, atop a short winding road near the back side of the > property. > > The addition, which will join the right flank of the casino between > the hotel and the main building, will feature a new Willow Creek > Lounge, an expanded version of the current lounge. > > As people walk through the front doors, they will also be greeted by a > new Willow Creek bar. The new venue will be a non-smoking area. > > The existing Willow Creek Lounge will be opened up to more gaming, and > the existing stage will be used for promotions and announcements, > Patel said. Additionally, the current high-limits area and the > Manzanita Bar will be relocated to the expanded gaming area. > > Work to affix the addition to the main building will hopefully get > underway in a few months, Patel said, when construction workers knock > down the outer wall and stitch up the space that separates the two > structures. > > The RV park, a project executed separately, aims to accommodate a > growing number of RV drivers in Tuolumne County and across the > country. > > There is as much demand for RV park space as there is for hotel > space, said Patel, who added that RV drivers, who at the moment stay > in various RV parks nearby, arrive from across the west coast. > > The park will contain 100 parking spaces, each able to accommodate RVs > up to 60 feet long. It will contain Wi-Fi, electrical power, sewage > and other facilities. > > The Black Oak Casino Resort, owned and operated by the Tuolumne Band > of Me-Wuk Indians, contains 1,300 slot machines, 26 table games, three > restaurants, a coffee bar, three casino floor bars, a sports bar and > grill, a bowling alley, an entertainment lounge, a gift shop and a > kids arcade, according to a press release on the May 15 anniversary of > the opening in 2001. > > The 148-room Hotel at Black Oak Casino Resort is also owned and > operated by the tribe. > Code: Enter the following code: (required) Consider sharing your comments with the other readers of the message board. They may benefit from your insights If you decide not to send email, post a follow up instead, or return to the original message

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