Roy Anderson Corp Bags $200 Million Casino Contract

Five months after voters in Arkansas gave their approval for a constitutional amendment that legalizes casinos in the state’s four counties, Tutor Perini Corp has inked a new partnership.

The construction giant based in Los Angeles announced the contract award to Roy Anderson Corp. (RAC) by Delaware North to build the brand new Southland Gaming Casino in West Memphis.

Roy Anderson Corp is a Mississippi based construction firm that is a subsidiary of Tutor Perini Corp and has extensive experience in the gaming industry in the U.S. The completion of the new project in West Memphis is expected to be completed by January of 2021.

RAC led earlier been involved in rebuilding the casino complex that was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The firm had resurrected the Penn National casino complex which was a 292-room, 14-story mammoth project.

An impressive high rise hotel and casino

In Arkansas, RAC is all set to expand the Southland Gaming and Racing Park with a new casino complex spanning 240,000 square feet apart from a 300-room, 20-story hotel across the Mississippi River in Crittenden County.

Governmental Affair’s Senior Vice President, Jack McNeill had mentioned in November of 2018 that Delaware North would build the casino and hotel complex in West Memphis if the ballot initiative came through in Arkansas. Although an exact estimate with respect to the amount of time it would take to complete the project was not available at that time, McNeil had announced that the project would cost $200 million.

The brand new casino complex will have added features such as expanded dining options to include a larger steakhouse and buffet restaurants, coffee shop, food hall, and player lounge. The impressive hotel which is the signature component of the project will feature twelve penthouse suites, 72 corner suites, and 216 standard rooms. Apart from these, the company will also expand the existing onsite parking by constructing a new garage, according to the company officials.

Some of the other projects the company had been recently awarded include Southwest Light Rail Transit, various mechanical and electrical projects in New York, and a $100 million worth military facility in Saudi Arabia.

More Jobs in West Memphis

Work on the expansion of Southland Gaming Casino is expected to begin immediately. With this new project, Southland will increase its gaming machines to 2400 from the existing 2,000 apart from adding sixty table games. It is expected that this project would create over 1,500 jobs in the construction phase and 400 permanent jobs post its completion.