Property Dev.: Hotels at Indian Casinos – 2023 - Indian Gaming - Indian Gaming
by Matthew S. Robinson As of December 31, 2022, there were 218 Indian casinos with hotel properties with a combined total of 59,296 rooms – an average of 272 rooms per casino with a hotel. Following a record increase in the number of new hotel rooms at Indian casinos in 2021 (almost 3,500 rooms), it appears 2022 was a year of delays due to supply chain and related post-pandemic issues, resulting in numerous project openings being pushed back to 2023 and beyond. Table 1 presents the historic, estimated and forecast number of hotel rooms at Indian casinos with hotels. Table 1 2022 openings included the 205-unit second hotel tower at Gila River Resorts & Casinos – Wild Horse Pass in Chandler, AZ in January; the all-new Table Mountain Casino Resort near Friant, CA with its 171-unit hotel in July; and the November opening of the 74-unit hotel expansion at Prairie Band Casino & Resort in Mayetta, KS...