A lamp with two electrical outlets is on the desk which also features a comfortable work chair. My room's massive king bed faced a wood console equipped with four deep clothes drawers and a desk with a pull-out work station and all the internet and audio connections a business traveler needs. The layout and design are pleasant - soothing color scheme and attractive materials.
I'm finally able to give it a good once-over. I check out a couple of dining venues and let several slot machines quickly divest me of $50 before returning to my room. The venue is packed and I see an impassioned Whitney Houston and a convincing Elvis whose hip swiveling is met with elderly squeals. My check-in is swift and I'm up in my room only for a quick change so I can catch a celebrity impersonators show from Vegas in the nightclub. The lobby strikes an upscale pose while managing to be welcoming and familiar. There's a fireplace with mirroring living-room arrangements, as well as a cocktail bar, coffee shop and gift shop. The grand lobby with its own passage to the casino features inviting public spaces tricked out in earth tones with punches of orange, natural stone and handsome furniture. The hotel - built as a DreamCatcher Hotel, a branded concept targeted to Indian gaming properties - offers smart, comfortable, full-service lodging on the level of Sheraton/Hyatt/Marriott hostelry. If the Seven Clans Hotel is any indication, they're on a roll. Coushatta doesn't see this as a gamble but a wise investment in its future as a gaming and resort destination. Other upgrades include a lazy river and water amusements, new kids "zone" entertainment and a freshening up of several dining venues.
The tribe is spending an additional $40 million during the next 18 months on projects that include bringing its Coushatta Grand Hotel and Coushatta Inn up to the high bar set by the new Seven Clans. Boasting 401 rooms (odd number, but maybe that has something to do with luck), Seven Clans Hotel opened July 11 with great fanfare by the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana, which is making it a priority to upgrade its facilities. Those were the bookends in my recent trip to Coushatta Casino Resort, where I traveled to be one of the first paying customers to rest my slots-weary head on the dream-inducing pillows of the casino's pride and joy - the new, $42-million Seven Clans Hotel.
Any casino trip that begins with an Elvis impersonator gyrating in a black leather jumpsuit and concludes with a giant cake in the shape of a grand hotel can pretty much be considered an entertaining visit.
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