Hnedak Bobo Group, NIGA’s 2012 Associate Member of the Year, has been creating highly competitive and exciting properties for tribal and commercial gaming clients for 34 years.
A trusted partner and leading provider of architecture and interior design in Indian gaming, HBG believes that great design and planning must always support the client’s business opportunity. The 90-person firm is constantly elevating its contributions to the Indian gaming industry. Simply put, “HBG thinks differently, and it shows.”
Thinking differently begins with knowing what it takes to operate a competitive property. HBG is the only architecture firm working in Indian gaming today to own, operate and develop its own four-star hotel: a highly successful Westin hotel located within a thriving entertainment district. It’s an experiential laboratory for operational efficiency and design innovation. HBG puts into practice key strategies to help its clients differentiate in a competitive market by leveraging their own market-proven strategies and experience.
HBG also is known for thinking differently when it comes to project delivery. The firm launched a separate hotel development company in 2010, DreamCatcher Hotels, which recently opened its first property at Coushatta Casino Resort in Kinder, Louisiana.This year, HBG also will introduce Casino Now, a unique solution developed to help operators take quick advantage of market growth opportunities.
Recognized as the NIGA Associate Member of the Year, HBG supports NIGA, NCAI, regional Indian gaming associations and Spirit of Sovereignty through creative fundraising activities, lobbying and strong membership participation. HBG’s highly successful guitar auction fundraiser in support of Spirit of Sovereignty raised $10,000 for the SOS Native American scholarship fund.
HBG’s contributions to the industry also include national design recognition. The firm made a clean sweep of the “Best Native American Casino Resort” award categories at the 2010-2011 G2E Casino Design Awards. Its four-diamond Northern Quest Resort and Casino outside Spokane, Washing and its Four Winds Casino in Hartford, Michigan each won Best Native American Resort. Four Winds Casino Hartford also received Best Overall Casino Resort Under $200 Million for 2011, a significant award encompassing the entire tribal and commercial gaming industry.
HBG will celebrate the opening of Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino in Buffalo, New York later this year; the completion of Four Winds Casino in Dowagiac, Michigan; and the completion of a major expansion to the Winstar World Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma.
For more information, visit www.hbginc.com.
