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Courtesy photos from Chinook Winds Casino Resort staff
The escalator undergoes repairs in mid-January (above) and emerges in its brand
new form (right) in late February.
Casino escalator project completed ahead of schedule and under budget
On April 3, 2013, at noon, Chinook
Winds Casino Resort will host a ribbon
cutting to celebrate its new escalator that
was replaced this winter.
The $1 million escalator project was
scheduled to be completed in three months.
Because of the hard work of Schommer &
Sons of Portland, Ore.; Otis Worldwide;
and the in-house help of casino employees,
the new escalator was up and running five
weeks ahead of schedule and approxi-
mately $20,000 under budget.
“It was just simply time to replace
the old escalator. Annually, more than 1.5
million guests visit the casino and use the
escalator. After 17 years of high traffic
usage, the existing escalator was in need
of constant repair,” said General Manager
Mike Fisher. “We anticipate over 2 million
visitors in 2013 and needed a new escala-
tor. This project was carefully planned out
and executed above expectations.”
A wall was constructed in early
January to keep the project contained and
create less disruption for resort guests.
Windows were installed for guests and
staff to view the escalator project con-
struction in progress. Daily progress
photos were placed on the casino website
and Facebook to keep guests updated on
the status of the project.
The public is invited to join Chinook
Winds management, the Siletz Tribal
Council, staff and representatives from the
construction team for the ribbon cutting in
the main casino lobby on April 3 at noon.
Courtesy photo from
Chinook Winds Casino
Resort staff
Tribal Chairman
Delores Pigsley
presents a
dentallium
necklace to
Oregon’s First
Lady Cylvia
Hayes (left photo)
during a tsunami
debris workshop at
Chinook Winds in
February.
Japanese tsunami survivors and scientists plus representatives from Washington
D.C. (photo above right) gather at Chinook Winds for a day-long workshop.
Player Services Manager Lee Johnson works with SOLV to organize a beach
cleanup (below) in front of the Chinook Winds hotel that involved students from
Lincoln County schools and tsunami debris workshop participants.
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