Seminole Casino Immokalee to Unveil $22 Million Expansion on February 12; Bigger Casino, New Slots, New York-Style Deli, Entertainment Options and More Added to Meet Region’s Growth

IMMOKALEE, Fla., Feb. 12 /PRNewswire/ — Seminole Casino Immokalee will
unveil its $22 million renovation on Thursday, February 12 at 11 a.m. with
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition’s Ty Pennington who will lead “the reveal”. The
Southwest Florida gaming destination has doubled its space for additional slot
machines, added a New York-style deli, an upscale Player’s Club and a new
lounge with a live entertainment stage. The building has received major
exterior renovations and has added valet parking service. The expansion also
brings almost 600 new employees to work at the Immokalee casino.

“We’re excited and very proud to announce that Southwest Florida will soon
have the most modern, full service and beautiful environment at Seminole
Casino Immokalee, where Florida residents and visitors can come to play,
relax, and enjoy themselves,” said Tony Sanchez, general manager.

The 43,700-square-foot expansion will bring the casino to a total of
75,600 square feet and the number of Las Vegas-style slot and gaming machines
to a total of 1,100. More importantly, the expansion will result in much
needed amenities, as gaming’s appeal and the region’s population have grown
greatly since the property opened in 1994. Seminole Casino Immokalee is the
only 24-hour gaming facility in Southwest Florida.

The new, full-service, 112-seat, New York-style 1st Street Deli will offer
patrons the option of breakfast at the casino for the first time, and will
also serve lunch and dinner daily.

Zig Zag Bar is a new, approximately 2,000-square-foot lounge designed to
be open on all sides for easy access to the adjacent casino. On one end of the
bar, a 10-by-10-square-foot stage will act as a platform for live performances
as well as an area for guest and area disc jockeys. Zig Zag Bar’s decor – as
with the entire facility – will be tribal, with accent lighting around the
soffit and in the decorative planters in a partial wall around the perimeter
of the entire lounge. Three, 40-inch plasma television screens and one,
103-inch screen at the bar will air favorite sporting events and other
entertainment.

Plans also call for a renovation of the popular 5,100-square-foot
EE-TO-LEET-KE Grill and its accompanying bar.

The new Player’s Club features seven stations for patron service at the
front counter, two plasma televisions for promotions and two built-in glass
cabinets to display Player’s Club prizes added. A second Player’s Club will be
located near the Event Pavilion to assist during peak times and for special
events. There will be four stations at that location plus three satellite
stations on wheels. As with all renovated areas of the casino, the motif and
colors are Seminole Indian-themed, with swirling and bold earth palettes of
red, yellow, black and aqua.

Two new casino host offices totaling 320 square feet with an accompanying
215-square-foot reception area adjacent to the casino will house the
destination’s newly expanded host program.

An outdoor 130-by-80-foot event pavilion seating up to 750 guests will be
used for casino VIP promotional and larger entertainment events, similar to
the Blood Sweat & Tears concert that was held on Nov. 29.

As part of the project, approximately 400 well-lit new parking spaces are
being created on 3.7 acres of additional land, bringing the total of parking
spaces to 1,138 including 28 handicapped spaces.

Friedmutter Group Architecture & Interior Design Studios of Las Vegas, a
highly regarded international design, architecture, and master planning firm
specializing in large multi-use hospitality, casino, and entertainment
projects, oversaw the expansion design and construction. In addition to the
Seminole Casino Immokalee, Friedmutter Group Architecture & Interior Design
Studios supervised the design and construction of Seminole Casino Coconut
Creek’s Fresh Harvest restaurant and Nectar lounge and other notable projects
including Station Casinos’ Four Diamond Award-winning Green Valley Ranch
Resort, the exciting new Red Rock Resort, Casino, Spa and the ground-breaking
Cosmopolitan Resort on the Las Vegas Strip.

Construction, itself, was handled by Naples-based Kraft Construction, the
largest privately held general building contractor in Florida. Kraft has
played a key role in the evolution of Florida’s West Coast skyline since 1968.
The company builds high and low-rise condominiums, commercial office
buildings, mixed-use projects, K-12 schools, universities, government, health
care facilities, hotels, and lifestyle community clubhouses and facilities.

Open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, Seminole Casino Immokalee is the
largest, most exciting attraction in the five-county region and Southwest
Florida’s premier gaming destination, featuring high-paying progressive
gaming, Las Vegas-style slot machines, blackjack and live poker.

Seminole Casino Immokalee is easily accessible to all of Southwest Florida
via I-75, and Southwest Florida International Airport is only a 45-minute
drive from the casino. Located between Miami and Naples, north of Alligator
Alley on Highway 846, it’s five blocks south of Highway 29. Approximately 30
minutes from Naples and Fort Myers, the casino is a 90-minute drive from Miami
and Fort Lauderdale. For directions or other information call toll-free (800)
218-0007; fax (239) 658-0204 or write: 506 South 1st Street, Immokalee,
Florida 34142. For more information, please visit www.theseminolecasino.com.

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