The Federated Indians of the Graton Rancheria are expanding California’s Graton Resort & Casino, adding 200 guestrooms, a luxury spa, plus a meeting and convention space in a US$175 m (€155m, £113m) project. The 342,000sq ft (31,773sq m) addition will expand the amenities at the existing US$800m (€710m, £517m) casino and entertainment facility that opened in November 2013. Located just north of San Fransico, the Graton Resort & Casino is

Chinese billionaire Tony Fung’s A$4.2bn (US$3.75bn, £2.4bn) mega leisure development in Cairns, Australia has moved to the next stage, having been declared a ‘co-ordinated project’ – the first step in the Australian government’s planning approval process. The Aquis Resort at the Great Barrier Reef project would include nine luxury hotels, a 25,000-seater sports stadium, a casino and high-end retail space. The resort would offer 3,750 hotel rooms, 1,180 apartments and

Resort Worlds Birmingham leisure complex is set to open at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) in Birmingham by January 2015. It will comprise a Genting casino as well as a 176-room hotel and spa. Other facilities include a cinema and extensive conference facilities as well as a factory outlet centre. Casino operator Genting UK are beginning work on the £125m leisure complex after appointing contractor Galliford Try. This development will

Image: More than £40m has been spent on the project London's former Hippodrome Theatre is to reopen as a casino this month (July), following a major transformation led by father and son team Jimmy and Simon Thomas. More than £40m has been invested in creating the new Hippodrome Casino gaming and entertainment venue - housed in the theatre and adjacent Cranbourn Mansions in Leicester Square. The casino will offer three

Architect Lord Rogers' practice Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners has been chosen to breathe new life into the famous Place du Casino by redesigning the Sporting d'Hiver building. The redevelopment project, being co-ordinated by Monegasque architect Alexandre Giraldi on behalf of owner Société des Bains de Mer, is to transform the site currently occupied by Sporting d'Hiver into one which can "reassert its historical role in the economic, social and

Southend United Football Club (SUFC) has announced that it is planning to include a casino as part of a new 22,000-seat stadium development at Fossetts Farm in Essex. The £46m scheme, which was given the go-ahead by the government last September after being called in for a public inquiry, has now been altered to incorporate the proposed casino, as well as a new football academy and a retail development. According