Wind Creek Hospitality signs multi-year partnership with Chicago Bulls
Wind Creek will collaborate with the basketball team on in-game fan promotions.
US.- Wind Creek Hospitality, run by the Poarch Band of Creek Indians, has announced a multi-year partnership with the Chicago Bulls as its official casino partner. Wind Creek will collaborate with the Bulls on in-game fan promotions and other entertainment options. Wind Creek signage will be displayed during games at the United Center.
The collaboration will start this year while the casino is under construction and will expand once the new Wind Creek venue opens in East Hazel Crest & Homewood.
Brent Pinkston, chief operating officer of Wind Creek Hospitality, the parent company of the Wind Creek Chicago Southland Casino and Resort, said: “As a new brand coming to the Chicagoland market, we believed it was important to establish a name for ourselves and a level of credibility with the local market as quickly as possible.
“Being a native of the region, I can’t imagine a better way to accomplish that task than to partner with the Bulls organization and introduce ourselves to one of the largest and most loyal fan bases in professional sports. It lets us enter the market with a huge voice.”
Chicago Bulls vice present of business development Mark Levitt, added: “We are excited to partner with Wind Creek over the next few seasons to bring fans new in-arena competitions, social content, and sweepstakes. This new partnership will support our ongoing efforts to further elevate the gameday experience for Bulls fans at the United Center and across our social platforms.”
In June, Wind Creek Hospitality began construction of the $440m Wind Creek Chicago Southland in Illinois. The venue, expected to open in 2023, is being built on a 24-acre parcel of land situated on I-80 near Halsted Street and 175th Street.
Wind Creek Chicago Southland is set to feature a 70,000-square-foot casino with 1,350 slot machines, 56 table games, three restaurants, two bars, an indoor pool and spa facility and a 252-room luxury hotel.
Wind Creek Hospitality launches social gaming CasinoVerse
Wind Creek Hospitality (WCH) has launched of CasinoVerse, a social gaming environment. It offers many of the same game titles found on the company’s casino floors plus content developed by Wind Creek and its Flow Play Game Studio subsidiary.
Casinoverse is a free-to-play social game with a 3D world in which players can explore the Wind Creek globe and play at virtual representations of the brick and mortar venues in North America and the Caribbean. Players can obtain marketing rewards while playing, including free play, food credits, and hotel stays to be redeemed at any Wind Creek location.
