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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A western Minnesota casino opened to the public Monday.

Guests and employees at Prairie’s Edge Casino Resort in Granite Falls have their temperatures checked before entering the facility.

Everyone gets a squirt of hand sanitizer and can take a mask that the casino provides — employees are required to wear them and guests are strongly encouraged to.

On the floor, plastic dividers have been installed between every other slot machine and also at the bars.

No table games are open.

“When we’re finished, they come over and completely sanitize the machines and the chairs,” said Lucy Bennett, a guest from Granite Falls. “It’s great. I’m really pleased.”

Prairie’s Edge leaders say the changes to the guest experience, as well as to their internal operations, exceed health agency recommendations.

“We can either be the laughingstock or the shining example,” said Kevin Jensvold, the Upper Sioux Community Tribal Chairman. “We chose to be the shining example. We don’t underestimate, nor do we diminish, the dangers.”

The casino and resort belong to the people of Yellow Medicine Nation, a sovereign entity that isn’t required to abide by Minnesota laws like the stay at home order.

“Out here the rules are ours, not to be discussed or negotiated,” Jensvold said. “They simply are the laws of our land that govern the Upper Sioux people.”

Jensvold says the casino resort helps support close to 1,500 people and their families.

A 30-acre parcel of land located on a bluff over looking the Minnesota River Valley, five miles south of Granite Falls, MN is the location of the Prairie’s Edge Casino Resort. Wholly owned by the Upper Sioux Community, the $21 million dollar complex opened its doors on March 11, 2003 with comfort provided by the winning pair of Blesi-Evans Company, Minneapolis, MN and Unilux.

Construction began on the 129,000 square foot complex in October of 2001, on a fast-track schedule, with work starting before the final design was complete. Construction continued through the winter and summer conditions for a total of 17 months. And even though another boiler was specified for this project originally, the owner and engineer selected Unilux based on efficiency, lead-time, cost and the fine technical selling skills of Chuck Keith of Blesi- Evans. The engineer for the project was LKPB of St. Paul, MN; the contractor Allied Mechanical of Hutchinson, MN. The project was designed by Water’s Edge Architectural Group of Wilmar, MN and interior decor was provided by Thalden Boyd Architects of St Louis, MO.

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The four story resort includes an 89 room hotel, 17,000 square foot convention center and 20,000 square foot casino gaming floor, two restaurants, lounge, swimming and wading pools, a fitness center and Kids World child care center – all under one roof. All of these facilities are serviced by (2) ZF 1000 W and (1) ZF 200 LS Unilux Boilers fired by Power Flame burners.

Since delivery was a very important aspect of this fast-track project, Unilux saw to it that the boilers arrived on site ahead of schedule. After a very smooth start-up, the contractor was happy to report that actual operating efficiencies for the boilers are much higher than expected.

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