In Wisconsin, the first expansion since the original hotel was opened in 2014, on Thursday, the Potawatomi Hotel & Casino officially broke ground on its second tower. The $80 million project will add 119 rooms to the Forest County Potawatomi Community-owned and operated casino’s capacity, bringing its room count including both hotel towers to 500.

At the press conference hosted inside one of the hotel and casino’s restaurants on Thursday, Rodney Ferguson, Potawatomi Hotel & Casino CEO and emcee of the proceedings, said, “This expansion marks another example of growt…