Thursday, June 27, 2024 A “Topping Out” ceremony was held today at the site of the new Seminole Brighton Bay Hotel & Casino, which is scheduled to open in early 2025. The new resort, set to replace the existing Seminole Casino Brighton (first opened in 1980), will feature a nearly 38,000-square-foot casino, including 640 slot machines and 18 table games such as blackjack, craps, and roulette. The casino will also include a smoke-free gaming space with 104 slot machines and a high-limit area with 42 slot machines and four table games.
Dining options will include a 24-hour restaurant with 126 seats (EE-TO-LEE-KEE GRILL), a steakhouse (Josiah Steakhouse) with 62 seats, and a fast-service and carry-out café offering items from a coffee bar (Constant Grind Bistro) and pizza kitchen (Slice). There will be an indoor event space with 400 seats for banquets or bingo games, or 900 seats as a performance hall. In a first for any Seminole Casino, the new resort will also feature a ten-lane bowling alley (Brighton Bay Bowling) spanning 7,044 square feet with dining seating.
The complex will include the first hotel on the Brighton Seminole Reservation, featuring 100 guest rooms over four stories, totaling 72,000 square feet. The guest rooms will offer a mix of one king bed or two queen beds, three suites, and a fitness center. The resort’s new name, Seminole Brighton Bay Hotel & Casino, pays homage to the nearby popular sportfishing sites of Lake Okeechobee, with Fisheating Bay loc.
