The Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe of Washington state has announced plans to add a hotel to its Point Casino, near Little Boston.
The hotel, which will have a series of totem poles—including a four-story welcoming pole in front of it, with a symbol of the tribe: a bear holding an orca—will have 94 rooms and will be next to the casino and existing events center and 15-acre botanical garden.
With the addition of the hotel, the tribe will employ about 500.
The casino opened two decades ago and brought about an economic transformation to the tribe. Before gaming, the tribe’s principal economic activities were fishing for shellfish and salmon and working at a local mill—which shut down.
The Point Hotel will be one of the largest hotels in the North Kitsap area. It will have a 44-seat meeting facility, a casual dining restaurant and large outdoor gathering area.
