N.C. casino-resort adds convention center, hotel tower

Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort in Cherokee, N.C., has finished a $330 million project, with the final phase including a new hotel tower with 725 rooms, 70 suites, a two-story lobby, a terrace pool and a lounge. An 83,000-square-foot convention center with a ballroom, an exhibition hall and meeting space was also added.