New Jobs In Ponca City

PONCA CITY, Okla. (AP) – Osage Casinos says it will hire more than 200 people next month as it expands its casinos in Skiatook and Ponca City.

A job fair is set for Oct. 5 in Skiatook and with another in Ponca City on Oct. 11. Osage Nation operates seven casinos in Oklahoma and is adding full-service hotel facilities in the two cities.

Osage Casinos spokesman Chris Barton tells the Tulsa Worldthat most of the jobs will be on the hotel and restaurant side.

The Ponca City expansion is set to open Dec. 23. It adds a 48-room hotel and expands the existing building from 6,000 square feet to nearly 90,000 square feet.

The Skiatook expansion will add a 33-room hotel with a restaurant, swimming pool and convention space.