VERONA, NY – Turning Stone Resort Casino has been recognized with a 2025 Platinum Choice Award from Smart Meetings, presented to top-ranked hotels, venues and destinations. Turning Stone made the national list after being nominated and voted on by meeting professionals and planners. The awards provide a list of partners to location sourcing decision-makers that deliver the highest standards of overall excellence.
The 2025 Platinum Choice Award recongizes Turning Stone Resort Casino for “exceeding every expectation from the grandest moments to the finest details. Every detail is designed with planners in mind – and simplified in one seamless contract.” Planners appreciate Turning Stone’s convenient location in Central New York, more than 1,000 guest rooms, flexible event space, on property restaurants along with nightlife, golf, spa, recreation, entertainment, and gaming. In 2025, the resort hosted more than 1,500 events.
“Everything we create at Turning Stone Resort Casino centers around an exceptional and world-class guest experience in which no detail is too small or overlooked,” said Ray Halbritter, Oneida Indian Nation Representative and Turning Stone Enterprises CEO. “Planners appreciate our team’s commitment to proactivity, ease of execution and anticipating their needs every step of the way. The Turning Stone Evolution is an extension of those core values and our ambitious expansion with the Turning Stone evolution will set a new national standard for modern and elevated events right here in Central New York.”
Turning Stone Resort Casino is preparing for the early arrival of the $370 million Turning Stone Evolution – the largest reinvestment in the resort’s history – which will transform the destination into New York State’s largest meetings and conventions resort with 200,000 sq. ft. of event space. The expansion includes state-of-the-art convention facilities (The Grand Expo opening Labor Day 2026), a new luxury hotel (The Crescent Hotel opening June 29, 2026), a fine-dining restaurant (Salt Seafood & Raw Bar), enhanced outdoor event spaces, a 1,600-space parking garage and upgraded guest amenities, which will offer planners even more options to bring their events and meetings to life.