For roughly the last 5 months, the empty retail space in the plaza has undergone renovations. The Yellow Brick Road Casino is a 67,000-square-foot gaming venue at Tops Chittenango Plaza on Route 5. Visitors must be at least 18-years-old in all areas except for Wicked Good Pizza, which is family-friendly. *Heart and Courage Saloon, with a large selection of brews *Dorothy’s Farmhouse, featuring home-style food The Yellow Brick Road Casino has more than 430 Vegas-style cash slot machines, a 500-seat bingo hall called the Wizard Hall, and Oz-themed bars and restaurants which include: Like Rink, Kalin also goes to Turning Stone on occasion, but was excited on Tuesday to see the new venue so close to her home. Kalin said she put $20 in the machine and about 5 minutes later, “it hit.” Plus, she said she is a fan of Wizard of Oz and goes to the Oz-Stravaganza in Chittenango every year.Įlsewhere inside, within minutes of sitting down at a Triple Wheel Hot 7 game, Fayetteville resident Joan Kalin won a $3,000 jackpot. He added that the venue was designed to highlight local history as the birthplace of Oz and help make that corner of Central New York a destination.Īmong the first time crowd was Eaton resident Sylvia Rink who said she often goes to Turning Stone Casino in Verona, but that Yellow brick Road Casino was a convenient drive as well. “We sought to revitalize the community,” Halbritter told first-time visitors on Tuesday.

Among the feature is the “Cyclone of Cash” a twister sculpture that encloses a clear plastic cage that one can walk into, once strong blowers unleashed gushes of air, a cash-grab situation ensues. Frank Baum, author of the American classic book “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,” there is an array of Oz-themed promotions and prizes.

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ribbon-cutting ceremony, guests were ready to explore the new gaming venue. Launched from the roof, the aerial vehicle flew low over the attendees.Īfter a 10 a.m. The line snaked around the corner of the heavily rehabilitated space in what Oneida Nation CEO Ray Halbritter described as, “an underused plaza.”Īs attendees gathered outside, they were treated to a dramatic fly by from a wicked witch on her broom. CHITTENANGO > A crowd was lined up this morning for the grand opening of The Oneida Indian Nation’s $20 million Yellow Brick Road Casino in Chittenango.

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