The Chickasaw nation has it's hands full for sure with several big projects and they just completed a huge expansion to Winstar. Adding a major OKC casino resort does make sense, but you can only do so much at once. The Newcastle casino will eventually get there - I'm sure that's why they built that huge parking garage.

My understanding is that one of the main values in having a large hotel at a casino is that they comp rooms to the bigger gamblers so they stay and lose more money. It's not really about the actual demand for a hotel, lol. One has to wonder how much the gambling market is growing however. I know it's getting bigger every year, but since the vast majority of gamblers lose over time, how sustainable is the growth?