Tutor Perini Building Corp. played its cards right and won a $220 million contract for the next phase of a California casino expansion.
Los Angles-based Tutor Perini announced that the Tule River Gaming Authority picked subsidiary TPBC to build the Eagle Mountain Casino Phase 2 expansion in Porterville, California.
Scope of work includes:
- A new 193-room tower with a rooftop restaurant.
- A new 2,000-seat events center with convention space.
- Expansion of an existing restaurant.
- A central warehouse and offices.
- Breakout meeting rooms.
- Pre-function space.
- New hotel amenities, including a new spa, arcade and resort pool.
Claremore, Oklahoma-based Connect Advisors is serving as the owner’s representative on the project, according to the project’s request for proposal from the Tule River Gaming Authority. Memphis, Tennessee-based HBG Design is serving as the architect, according to the Porterville Recorder.
A groundbreaking ceremony was held at the property, about halfway between Fresno and Bakersfield, on July 1, according to local news outlet ABC30.
Tutor Perini anticipates substantial completion in 2027, according to the release, and also expects subsequent construction phases for the overall project to be awarded later this year.
