Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino plans USD 40M expansion

A gathering of elected officials, representatives from the construction and business communities and others joined the Seneca Gaming Corporation board of directors and executives Thursday morning for the official groundbreaking on a $40 million expansion of the casino. Work on the project, which was announced late last year, is expected to start this month with a target completion date of Spring 2017.

“The economic turnaround of Buffalo is something that many people didn’t think would happen, but look around – it’s happening,” said Seneca Nation President Maurice A. John, Sr. “The Seneca Nation is an important part of that movement, and this $40 million investment is more evidence that the Seneca Nation and the City of Buffalo are both on the rise.”

Plans call for a two-story expansion of the existing casino, adding approximately 28,500 square feet of space on each of two levels.

The ground floor will add more than 300 additional slot machines and additional table games, including a high limit room and expanded non-smoking area, and a performance stage for live entertainment at Stixx Sports Bar. It will also include additional retail space, and an expansion of the popular Buffalo Savors Grill. The second floor of the expansion will introduce a new Western Door concept restaurant with indoor and outdoor seating, as well as banquet and meeting space.

As important as the physical additions, the expansion will create approximately 300 new jobs at Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino, bringing the property’s total work force to over 800. In addition to the casino jobs, the project will also create an estimated 440 construction jobs.