Hospitality: Sol Casinos Hotel and Convention Center

SOL CASINOS HOTEL & CONVENTION CENTER

Developer: Pascua Yaqui Tribe
General contractor: McCarthy Building Companies
Architect: Leo A. Daly
Location:  5655 W. Valencia Rd., Tucson
Size: 44,500 SF

The convention center will add 215 luxury hotel rooms to the market, along with a 14,000 SF multi-functional ballroom. The expanded facility will include a steakhouse, an international buffet, a lobby lounge and bar, fully equipped exercise facility with full-service spa, outdoor pool and sundeck, and a 1,120-car multi-level parking structure. Construction began in March and is slated to finish fall 2011.