According to the Tampa Bay Business Journal (July 5, 2013 issue), Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa was noted as the fifth largest private employer in 2013. The property currently employs over 3,300 employees. Prior to its $75 million expansion in 2012, Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa had a total impact of over $533 million in annual expenditures. The expansion increased the economic total impact by $59
A Matriarch of the Seminole Tribe of Florida: Ruby Tiger Osceola
You may or may not have noticed the statue that greets you when you get off of the elevator near the South Garage at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa. The woman standing in front of you is Ruby Tiger Osceola, a woman with a vast amount of courage, strength, bravery and respect. She is referred to as a matriarch of the Seminoles who live right here in Tampa
Announcing Newly Launched Feature: Seminole Tribe Tuesday
Photo courtesy of Joey Wright Photography When selecting the locations for the 2015 Hard Rock Girls calendar, it was only fitting to shoot it in a location that depicts the natural Seminole way of life. Each week we will share a story about the Seminole Tribe of Florida, the owners of Hard Rock International, for a newly launched feature #SeminoleTribeSaturday. The unique confluence of culture and circumstance which would become
The 2015 Hard Rock Girls Go Native at Big Cypress Reservation
Get your sunscreen out because the 2015 Hard Rock Girls are going native and it’s going to be hot. The four day photo shoot will be held in South Florida’s Billie Swamp Safari where various locales on the Big Cypress Reservation will be utilized. The 20 beautiful girls will be shot in various areas such as: open fields, an old gator pit, an old Seminole Village, an old Seminole canoe,
10 Milestones in 10 Years at Hard Rock Tampa
Original Hard Rock building 2004 Tribe purchases Hard Rock International 2007 $120 Million Expansion 2007 Banked Card Games Compact signing –Jim & Governor Crist 2007 Las Vegas style slots debut 2008 30th anniversary of BINGO 2009 HRC Grand Opening-January 2011 Big Job Fair hiring 400 in 2012 $75 Million Expansion–January with Paula Abdul 2013 10th Anniversary-March 2014
Get to Know Seminole Tribe of Florida Chairman James Billie
James E. Billie was born at a chimpanzee farm on the Dania Beach Cutoff Canal in 1943 and lived in several Seminole camps after the death of his mother, when he was nine years old. He never knew his father. After attending Haskell Indian School in Lawrence, Kansas, Billie served in the Army in Vietnam. He returned to Florida and began work for the Seminole Tribe of Florida in its