Casino Undegroes $32 Million Face-lift

Having originally opened in March 2000, the Seminole Casino Coconut Creek has since undergone various phases of renovation. And now that they are planning to transform the gambling site into a destination resort, in response to the opening of the Isle Casino and Racing at Pompano Park, the venue has just undergone another $32 million face-lift. The April renovations left the venue with 1,500 Las Vegas-style slot machines, a 20-foot-wide handcrafted chandelier designed to look like hundreds of butterflies, a 290-seat restaurant, and a nightclub with a purple heartwood stage and decorated with imported Italian stained glass, and is basically turning the warehouse-style building into a place offering amenities one could expect at world-class casinos. The Seminoles also filed preliminary plans to build a 24-story, 1,500-room hotel, along with an expanded casino floor, and to declare their land sovereign to avoid any city oversight.