Construction and Expansion Update

"Crews have been doing site work for a new purchasing warehouse on Route 31, across from the entrance to the employee parking lot. The facility will allow the Purchasing Department to make bulk purchases from vendors for both dry goods and frozen and refrigerated items, this lowering the per-unit cost. The building has a modular design so it can be expanded as needed. Crews from the Facilities, Entertainment, Telecommunications, Marketing and other departments spent last week preparing for the New Year's Eve 'Knight of Nights' celebration throughout the resort. The Event Center was converted into a jousting arena, and horses, owls, falcons, and other birds of prey moved into the Event Center last Tuesday to get acclimated to their new surroundings and rehearse for the big show. Yellow, green, prurple and maroon bunting was used to decorate the Event Center inside and out, and a cactle wall was erected in front of the Conference Center, complete with suits of armor guarding the entrances to the Onieda and Mohawk rooms. New baffles have been installed in hte wide pre-function corridor around the Event Center's main floor, and other baffles will be installed inside the facility to improve concert acoustics. The VIP boxes are about 80 percent complete now, awaing final installation of some amenities like microwave ovens and refrigerators. The last vestiges of the temporary wall seperating The Garden from the main gaming floor have been removed, and crews last week were painting the permanent walls in the corridor leaing from the gaming floor to the Showroom. In the small rotunda of The Garden, crews continue working on the new retail shops and installing floor tiles behind the glass water walls on either side of the rotunda. Workers spent much of last week setting tables and chairs on the terrace and in the dining areas of the new buffet restaurant in The Garden. Stairs from the main entrance to the dining areas have been carpeted, and artwork for the restaurant has arrived and was waiting to be hung last week. The new SavOn building at Verona Beach has been enclosed, and plastic sheeting and tar paper now protect the roof and outer walls from the elements. Gas pumps also have been installed beneath the canopies. The new store will open in the spring, offering expanded services like diesel fuel and more food options."