The hotel is seven-story tall and has 300 rooms. Slated to be completed in 2024, it will add 296 rooms, 300 slot machines, eight additional table games, a poker room, 22-seat casino center bar, and a 1,500-space parking deck.

On July 8, 2021, the EBCI approved a $275 million expansion that will include an additional hotel tower, a new restaurant, a hotel lobby café, a spa and indoor pool, and additional gaming space JCJ Architecture was designated to design the expansion. In 2018, a $13 million expansion added a 41,000 square foot (3,800 m 2) entertainment area that includes bowling, arcade games and a full-service restaurant. Proposed in 2014 and at a cost of $110 million, Harrah's Cherokee Valley River opened on Septemdesigned by Cuningham Group Architecture Inc., the facility included a gaming floor, hotel and food court.

It is owned by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) and operated by Caesars Entertainment. Harrah's Cherokee Valley River is a casino and hotel on the Qualla Boundary in Murphy, North Carolina.

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