What started as a bingo hall in 1992 and has evolved over the years to a Vegas-style Casino with all the trimmings is undergoing yet another expansion, totaled at $40 million.

By this time in 2009, the South County playground, Seven Feathers Hotel and Casino Resort, will feature 154 new hotel rooms, a day Spa and a 250-Seat Buffet.

The colors will be natural— tan, beige and sandy brown, forest green and light turquoise. The renderings of the spa and hotel suites illustrated how the finished product will be “clean and simple, but leave a very strong impression of quality,” which is how Gail Wikstrom, vice president of JE Dunn, the general contractor on the job, described the additions.

Travis Hill, director of hospitality operations for the Umpqua Indian Development Corporation, spoke in detail about the Spa and Hotel Suites, which will cost patrons $175 to $225 per night. The Hotel Suites will be 600 square feet with two 42-inch plasma TVs in each room, a Wet Bar, Minibar and Jetted Hot Tubs.

Hill said the River Rock Spa will be ideal for wedding parties, with a full salon offering manicures, pedicures, body wraps, massages and facials. A wet and dry sauna, a soaking tub with a rain shower and a sunless spray tanning booth top off the creature comforts. “We’ll cater to the men as well,” he said.

Guests will be welcome to sip champagne in terry cloth robes while they are pampered.

The Gathering Place, a 250-Seat Buffet Restaurant, completes the expansion with choices of Spanish, Italian, American and Asian food, along with Salad and Dessert islands. The Restaurant is scheduled to open sometime November 2008.

Other highlights include Two Outdoor Courtyards, an expanded Video Arcade, increased housekeeping facilities and, most important, a Glass Walkway connecting the Hotel to the Game Floor.