Saracen Casino Resort facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Saracen Casino Resort |
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| Location | Pine Bluff, Arkansas |
| Address | 1 Saracen Resort Drive |
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| Casino type | Land |
| Owner | Quapaw Nation |
| Coordinates | 34°12′38.37″N 91°57′53.93″W / 34.2106583°N 91.9649806°W |
Saracen Casino Resort is a casino in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, United States. The first purpose-built casino in Arkansas, it is owned by the Quapaw Nation, and named for Saracen, a Quapaw chief in the 1800s.
History
The first section of the casino, the 15,000-square-foot (1,400 m2) Saracen Casino Annex and Q-Store, opened in September 2019, and contains 300 slot machines.
A second section, the 200,000-square-foot (19,000 m2) Saracen Casino Resort, opened across the street in 2020, and is built on a former soybean field. Saracen Casino Resort cost $350 million to build, employed over 1,000 construction workers, and was the largest construction project in 2020 in Arkansas. Saracen Casino Resort has 2,100 slot machines, 30 gaming tables, a poker room, a sportsbook, and eight restaurants, of which four are located in a food court called "The Post". The casino will employ over 1,100 full-time staff, and artwork at the casino is designed "to pay homage to the Native American and African American cultures".
A 300-room hotel, expected to be completed in 2021, will include restaurants, lounges, a spa, conference center, and a museum and cultural center.
