Despite rains in Northern California, the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino at Fire, a joint project of the Enterprise Rancheria and the Seminole Tribe of Florida—which is rising in Yuba County south of Sacramento—has experienced no rain delays. Construction remains on schedule for an opening later in 2019.
The project will be about 320,000 square feet with a casino, high end restaurant, bar, banquet and convention facilities and an eight story hotel with 152 rooms.
Charlie Altekruse, a spokesman for Estom Yumeka Maidu Tribe of the Enterprise Rancheria, told the Appeal-Democrat, “It’s going well. We got a lot done before the recent rains, so we are still on track for a fall opening.”
About 500 construction workers have been involved so far, said Altekruse. Eventually that number will rise to 1,000. Much of the work has transitioned to indoors, including interior design, procurement of equipment, plus hiring senior staff, he said.
Tribal officials and Hard Rock representatives have met with the Yuba-Sutter Economic Development Corporation and other workforce groups to plan for hiring as the opening gets closer. By summer hiring should be fully underway, said Altekruse.
Recently tribal members were able to meet members of the Hard Rock team and get a tour of the construction site.
