Graton Resort and Casino is currently one of the largest private employers in Sonoma County, with more than 2,000 people working there nowadays. The resort’s 200-room hotel tower, ballroom and convention space started operation three years later, in 2016.
Its gambling floor features 144 blackjack, baccarat and poker tables, 3,000 slot machines, as well as a number of restaurants. The $825-million casino has been operated on 254-acre reservation land since 2013. According to experts, the expansion would help the casino solidify its position as the leading gambling destination in Northern California and provide the Native American tribe that runs it with the chance to become an even larger player in the $8-billion annual tribal gaming industry and the local hospitality market. The Federal Indians of Graton Rancheria, which currently own and operate the Graton Resorts and Casino, announced a project seeking to expand the venue’s casino floor by 50% and add a 221-room, 5-story hotel tower. Graton Resorts and Casino is willing to cement its dominance as the biggest gaming destination in the Bay Area in the face of Sonoma County’s competing new casino proposal, so it is now proposing a significant expansion of its gaming floor and an establishment of a second hotel tower.
