The 84 guest rooms at the hotel are being drywalled. Light fixtures, painting, installing of security cameras are being worked on currently for the casino.Ĭoolers and other serving features are ready to be installed in the food court. The exterior of the building for the casino and hotel are nearing completion. The new date opening date is scheduled for September 01, 2018.

The announcement was made on Thursday by Twin River Management Group chairman, John Taylor Jr in a press release.

The date has been set for one month before the original date. Twin Rivers will be opening sooner than expected. Canning Boulevard and Stafford Road intersection. The new traffic circle also opened on Tuesday. In time, sports betting will also be added. 550 employees will be hired in total.Īdditional gaming will be added as well. 141 of those people accepted the new positions. The hotel offers 84 guest rooms.ġ60 former Newport Grand employees were given the option to transfer to the Tiverton Casino Hotel. The official grand opening is scheduled to take place on September 01.Ĩ5,000 square feet make up the Tiverton casino floor. A ribbon cutting ceremony was held 35 hours after that for the Tiverton Casino Hotel. The gaming license was transferred to Tiverton Casino. On Tuesday evening the Newport Grand officially stopped operating. Newport Grand Slots closes and transfers license to Tiverton casino the Tiverton Casino Hotel was opened to the public. Guests included Twin River board chairman John Taylor Jr, House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello, and Commerce Secretary Stefan Pryor. Rhode Island will receive tax revenue money from the new casino hotel.Īfter the ribbon cutting ceremony was held, special guests were invited to tour the new casino. On Wednesday Newport Grand closed permanently. The gaming license was transferred from the Newport Grand to the Tiverton Casino Hotel. In June 2017 ground was broken for the project. There are no neon lights added on the outside. The exterior of the building was designed to blend in to the surrounding area. The hotel can be accessed by guests from the main entrance of the casino. There is also a gym and a number of meeting spaces. So is the possibility of adding online gaming too. Sports betting is a possible addition for the future. The casino facility is 85,000 square feet and hosts 32 game tables and 1,000 slot machines The ceremony was held at the property off William S. Officials for the Tiverton Casino Hotel and officials for Twin Rivers were in attendance. It included a traditional ribbon cutting for the new casino hotel building. A grand opening ceremony was held at the new Tiverton Hotel Casino on Thursday.

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