Rebuilt Casino Adds Green Flourishes

Published June 29, 2008

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When the owners of Turtle Creek Casino & Hotel decided to constuct a new building for the casino, they added various green measures, increasing the cost, but saving energy.

The casino, near Traverse City, Mich., reopened in June and includes a 2,400 square foot green roof over one of its restaurants, roads and a parking lot made with recycled materials, enough skylights to provide half of the lighting during the day and an air purifying system that bring in outdoor air and pumps out smoky air.

The casino also doesn’t serve drinks in cans or bottles, operates its own well and sewage treatment system and installed slot machines that use less energy than previous ones.

The owners, the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, plan to demolish the old facility and recycle or reuse about 80 percent of its materials. The tribe estimates the green building designs added about 10 percent onto the cost of the project.

The nice trip !

Anonymous, January 29, 2009 - 02:47

We have been to the place last winter and believe me it is one of the finest hotels across the globe with. In addition in some of the casinos in the hotels in the city it was difficult there finding loose slot machines.

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