WHERE THE CASINO MONEY GOES
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WHERE THE CASINO MONEY GOES
WHERE THE CASINO MONEY GOES Payroll CHEROKEE NATION ENTERTAINMENT WHERE THE CASINO MONEY GOES $141.5 million For employees, most of whom are Cherokees Operating Expenses $200.7 million JOBS, LANGUAGE, COMMUNITY With a preference given to Cherokee-owned and -staffed businesses State Gaming Compact Fees $24.7 million Earmarked for public education and jobs in the horse racing industry Jobs for Cherokees $61.7 million Created and sustained in local communities by expansion and improvement initiatives Services and Programs for Cherokees $26.4 million Health services, education, housing and other services in local communities CNE 2010 Revenue $455 million HARD ROCK HOTEL & CASINO TULSA CHEROKEE CASINO FORT GIBSON CHEROKEE CASINO RAMONA IT ALL ADDS UP TO A HAPPY, HEALTHY CHEROKEE NATION CHEROKEE CASINO ROLAND CHEROKEE CASINO SALLISAW CHEROKEE CASINO TAHLEQUAH 19% 31% Jobs and Services for Cherokees - $88.1 million CHEROKEE CASINO & HOTEL WEST SILOAM SPRINGS Payroll - $141.5 million CHEROKEE CASINO WILL ROGERS DOWNS Operating Expenses - $200.7 million 44% 6% State Education & Horse Racing Industry - $24.7 million 777 W. Cherokee Street | Catoosa, OK | 74015 11211_CNB_WT$G_Bro Folder.indd 1 Printed on recycled paper. FALL 2011 9/14/11 10:27 AM JOBS WE’RE INVESTING IN OUR EMPLOYEES THE MONEY IS INVESTED IN OUR NATION. The profits from Cherokee Nation Entertainment are all around us. They’re apparent in the thousands of jobs that have been created inside the Cherokee Nation for Cherokee citizens. They’re witnessed in the language classes that teach the Cherokee language to children in classrooms and online. They are evident in the construction of health clinics across the Nation where citizens receive quality health care in their own communities. The profits are reinvested in our Nation to preserve our past, better our present and shape our future. THIS IS WHERE THE CASINO MONEY GOES. Stephanie Meeder has experienced firsthand the Cherokee Nation’s commitment to creating jobs and professionally developing citizens. She began working for Cherokee Nation Entertainment in 2003 as an administrative assistant, and thanks to the Cherokee Nation’s investment in creating new jobs, she is now the employee services manager for Cherokee Casino & Hotel West Siloam Springs. Working in employee services, Meeder recognizes the opportunities the Cherokee Nation provides for its citizens. “Our main purpose is to help our Cherokee Nation citizens become more self-sufficient,” said Meeder. “There are so many opportunities for citizens because of the Cherokee Nation’s investment in that purpose.” Every year, Cherokee Nation Entertainment uses 100 percent of its profits to meet that purpose—creating quality jobs and providing social services for Cherokees. Last year that investment was more than $88 million. COMMUNITY WE’RE CREATING A HAPPY, HEALTHY NATION Happy, healthy people are a direct result of affordable and accessible health care. With that in mind, Cherokee Nation recently expanded the Amo Health Center in Salina by adding a dental clinic. In 2010, the Salina clinic provided more than 58,000 patients with health care. The addition of a dental clinic means another 6,000 patients will be served annually. Tena Pritchett, a Cherokee citizen, said she’s thankful that she and other Cherokees can now be served in Salina, rather than driving dozens of 11211_CNB_WT$G_Bro Folder.indd 2 extra miles to the nearest dental clinic. “If we didn’t have this clinic, people would have to drive to Claremore or Jay for dental care,” Pritchett said. “Because it’s a smaller, rural community, people don’t have a lot of money, so this clinic is a huge blessing for us.” The clinic also created 15 new jobs in Salina, many of which are filled by Cherokee citizens. Last year, $3.76 million in casino profits was invested in health services, some of which helped build the Salina clinic. 9/14/11 10:27 AM