SENECA NIAGARA CASINO & HOTEL
PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS:
Location:
Niagara Falls, NY
Client:
Seneca Nation /Seneca
Gaming Corporation
Architect:
JCJ Architecture
Role:
Consultant
KEY PROJECT COMPONENTS:
•24-Acre Site
•147,000 SF of Class III gaming
space – 4,289 slot machines, 99
table games
•731,000 SF Hotel, containing 604
rooms, including 118 suites of
various sizes
•Full service luxury spa and salon,
fitness room and swimming pool
•A 25,200 SF multi-purpose
entertainment, event facility,
seating up to 2,200
•8,000 SF of conference and
banquet space
•A 2,300 space parking garage
with 11 bus bays and additional
surface parking for over 1,400
vehicles
•A 468-seat theater
•Administration and Secure Back-
of-House
PROJECT COST:
$234M
Prior to founding APEX, Russell Bennett was instrumental to JCJ Architecture’s Design Team in the role of Project Architect and Construction Administrator for this Project. This new Casino and Hotel is the catalyst for a “Vision for the Future Master Plan”” in-tended to restore Niagara Falls’ former glory as one of America’s top tourist destinations.
Niagara Falls’ under-utilized convention center (designed in 1974 by Philip Johnson) was selected for the site of the new Class III Casino. The main convention center floor is completely transformed by its new use: slot machines and table games comprise the gaming area’s core. The luxury Hotel is the second key component of the Nation’s Master Plan, consciously connected to the Casino at its eastern side, and at 26 stories is the State’s tallest hotel outside of New York City. Guests enjoy a full range of amenities, including a full-service luxury spa and salon, fitness room, indoor pool and expansive sun-bathing terrace, and access to a large casino, multi-purpose event center, and conference and banquet space. Tribal themes and iconography inspire the interior design of both the Casino and the Hotel, but are intentionally sleek and modern.
The Hotel’s exterior paints a dramatic mural seen for miles around. Its depiction of abstract mountains, sky, and historic landscapes can be seen clearly on its reflectively sheathed façade, set upon a base of natural stone symbolizing land. Falling water which nourishes land is depicted with vertical, multi-colored lighting. An expansive portico arc is decorated with a stained-glass pattern representing woodlands.