Washington’s Tulalip Tribe December 12 broke ground for an expanded Quil Ceda Creek Casino, which has been dubbed QCCC2. The expansion will include a 150-room hotel and parking structure and should be open by the spring of 2019.
The existing casino in Snohomish County is small and local, but the county itself is growing fast, prompting the tribe to expand to a destination casino more in line with the tribe’s other casino, the Tulalip Resort Casino.
Executive Vice President Teresa Jira told North County Outlook, “We’re taking what our guests enjoy about our existing property and enhancing those features as well as adding additional amenities they said they wanted to see.”
Tulalip Resort Casino President Ken Kettler added, “We want to create the things that people wanted to see more of and create an atmosphere that is fun and exciting, but still feels like the Q.”
He added, “We’ve talked to a lot of our customers over the last couple of years to take into account what they enjoy and why they go to the Q.”
Officials say that the small casino is about to burst and uses every foot of available space. The floor was rearranged several years ago to add new machines, but now it once again needs space.
Quil Ceda Creek Casino will continue to operate while its expanded version is built. The expanded version will be able to accommodate 1,500 slots. There will also be additional table games. More dining space will be added, along with a new entertainment area.
The casino has grown from a bingo hall that opened in 1983. The casino opened a decade later. In 2003 the tribe built the Tulalip Resort Casino in Quil Ceda Village.
