The Oneida Indian Nation has awarded contracts to 26 businesses, including three from the Auburn area, for the second phase of its $370 million expansion project at Turning Stone Resort Casino.聽
Array Construction Services and Blue Water Management, both of Skaneateles, and Casler Masonry in Auburn are among the firms that will support the "Turning Stone Evolution," a major expansion and the Oneida Nation's largest investment in the resort in 20 years.聽
This phase of the project is led by two general contractors, The Hayner Hoyt Corporation and TN WARD. It will include the construction of The Grand Expo, a 165,000-square foot conference center, and The Crescent Hotel, which will have 258 rooms and suites.聽
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A new 1,500-space parking garage and the Salt Seafood & Raw Bar, a new fine-dining restaurant, will be built.聽
The other firms awarded contracts for the second phase of the Turning Stone Evolution are: Absolute Fire Protection, of Selkirk; Digesare Mechanical, of Schenectady; G.C. Zarnas & Company, of Bethlehem; W&D Smith & Sons Construction, of Whitney Point; Ferraro Pile & Shoring, of Alden; Crosby-Brownlie, of Rochester; Flower City Glass Co., of Rochester; BR Johnson, of East Syracuse; Bruce Electric, of East Syracuse; Butler Fenco Co., of Syracuse; C.J. Marly Construction, of Marcellus; Edward Schalk & Son, of East Syracuse; Ferguson-Electric/E-J Electric JV, of Syracuse; Gitzen Companies, of Syracuse; Hearth & Home, of East Syracuse; J&A Plastering & Stucco, of Syracuse; John W. Danforth Co., of Syracuse; JPW Structural Contracting, of Syracuse; M&S Fire Protection, of East Syracuse; Mullen Industrial Handling Corp., of East Syracuse; Murnane Building Contractors, of East Syracuse; Atlantic Testing Laboratories, of Utica; Lupini Construction, of Utica.聽
Turning Stone has already added the NY Rec & Social Club and the Sportsplex, which includes 36 golf bays and indoor pickleball courts.聽
The Turning Stone Evolution will generate a one-time economic impact of more than $600 million and over $22 million in state and local tax revenues, according to the Oneida Indian Nation. It will create more than 3,500 construction jobs and hundreds of permanent jobs.聽
The expansion will also increase spending with local vendors. The Oneida Indian Nation said it spent over $142 million with 792 vendors in Madison, Oneida and Onondaga counties in 2023.聽
"As the Turning Stone Evolution continues to transform the resort, it is also transforming our role as an economic engine for upstate New York," said Ray Halbritter, who is the Oneida Indian Nation representative and Turning Stone Enterprises CEO.
Halbritter continued, "Partnerships with our region's businesses have always been essential to our growth and success, and we are thrilled to expand these partnerships as the Evolution creates new opportunities today and for generations to come."聽
The expansion project was announced last year, which was the 30th anniversary of Turning Stone Resort Casino. Construction began earlier this year.聽
Gallery: Renderings of Turning Stone's $370 million expansion

A rendering of Turning Stone Resort & Casino with The Crescent, a new hotel that is part of a $370 million expansion at the Oneida Nation-owned resort.聽

An aerial rendering of what Turning Stone Resort & Casino will look once the $370 million expansion is completed.聽

A rendering of The Crescent, a 258-room hotel that will be part of the $370 million expansion project at Turning Stone Resort & Casino.聽

A rendering of the lobby at The Crescent, a 258-room hotel that will be part of the $370 million expansion at Turning Stone Resort & Casino.聽

A rendering of a suite at The Crescent, a 258-room hotel that will be part of Turning Stone Resort & Casino's $370 million expansion.聽

A rendering of a room at The Crescent, a 258-room hotel that will be part of Turning Stone's $370 million expansion.聽

The logo for Salt Seafood & Raw Bar, a restaurant that is part of Turning Stone's expansion plan.聽

An interior rendering of the new 77,000-square-foot conference center that is part of Turning Stone's $370 million expansion.聽

An exterior rendering of the new conference center space that is part of Turning Stone's $370 million expansion.聽

A render of the NY Rec & Social Club, one of the new additions coming to Turning Stone Resort & Casino.聽

A rendering of the NY Rec & Social Club that will be part of the Turning Stone expansion.聽

Rooms at The Lodge will be updated as part of the $370 million project.聽

Rooms at The Lodge will be updated as part of the $370 million expansion project.聽

Rooms at The Lodge will be updated as part of the expansion project.聽
Government reporter Robert Harding can be reached at (315) 282-2220 or robert.harding@lee.net. Follow him on Twitter @robertharding.