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Buffalo Thunder Resort And Casino
Buffalo Thunder Resort & Casino
Pojoaque, New Mexico
- $250-million-dollar destination resort featured a 387-room Hilton full-service resort, a 79-suite Homewood Suites by Hilton, a spa, convention facilities, entertainment venues and a new casino
- Situated on 92 acres of Pojoaque tribal land
- Five-story resort hotel encompassed 490,000 square feet
- Hotel included two wings, with a total of 377 rooms (410 bays), a two-story atrium in lobby, vacation station, exercise room, spa, administration, four-pipe/fan coil or heat pump HVAC system, proposed cast-in-place concrete structure, full-service laundry and dry-cleaning
- Casino and theater encompass 172,000 square feet
- Casino included a 45,000 square foot gaming floor, 1,200 to 1,500 gaming positions, casino back of house, and support
- Theater had 784 seats, an elevated stage, dressing rooms and a loading dock
- Restaurants, retail promenade, parking garage, vacation station and conference center totaled 176,300 square feet
- Exhibition hall seated 5,000 and included an elevated stage
- Outdoor facilities include tennis courts, two outdoor pools, and an indoor pool, an amphitheater, and exterior water features
- Chavez-Grieves Consulting Engineers, Inc. was the structural engineer for the complex
KHS&S completed exterior framing, sheathing and 400,000 square feet of themed exterior stucco for this project, which is the largest casino in New Mexico. KHS&S also completed the Native American-inspired interior casino theming.
Project exteriors were designed to duplicate traditional adobe construction, requiring craftsmen to incorporate straw and mica into areas of the finish to give the project a more authentic look. Craftsmen also added “imperfections” and undulations into the stucco to make it appear worn and weather-battered.
Casino interiors involved a true design-build, collaborative process. KHS&S met with tribal leaders early in the design phase to incorporate the tribe’s artwork into the project, which features replicated cave art, coyote fences, and log trellises, in keeping with Southwestern architecture.
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Through early involvement in the process, KHS&S developed detailed working drawings, which helped set and maintain the budget. It also allowed KHS&S to suggest value-engineering ideas to keep the project on budget without sacrificing design intent.
Services Provided
- Exterior framing
- sheathing
- themed exterior stucco
- interior casino theming