Gaming

1990 –

• The Cherokee Nation Entertainment began operating as a Cherokee Bingo Outpost in Roland, Okla., with 83 employees. Later the property would become Cherokee Casino Roland and two more casinos in Tulsa and West Siloam Springs would follow.
  

2004 –

• Cherokee Casino Resort was the first casino-hotel resort destination in Oklahoma.

2006-

• By 2006 there were a total of 7 casinos in Cherokee communities.

2008 –

• On the border of Oklahoma and Arkansas, the Cherokee Casino West Siloam Springs went through a $125 million expansion.

2009 –

• The Cherokee Nation and its businesses employ nearly 8,000 people.

• The Cherokee Casino Resort became the first Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Oklahoma and the seventh Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in the world.

2010 –

• By 2010, an eight-story luxury hotel is expected to be complete.