Oneida Indian Nation Invests Record-Breaking $855 Million in Workforce, Capital Projects & Spending with Regional Businesses in 2025

The Oneida Indian Nation’s investments in three key areas grew by more than $150 million over 2024, including a 73 percent increase in capital expenditures, a 43 percent increase in spending with regional businesses and over $305 million invested in wages, healthcare and retirement benefits for its workforce, which grew to 5,200 people.

Oneida Indian Nation Homelands (February 17, 2026) – The Oneida Indian Nation today announced a record-breaking economic impact for 2025 with investments in capital projects, employees and supply chain exceeding $855 million. These major investments grew by more than $150 million over 2024 and include more than $542 million for capital spending and vendor payments across the Nation’s enterprises (with over $377 million invested with New York State vendors) and over $305 million in payroll, 401(k) retirement savings and healthcare benefits for its workforce.

Year-over-year, the Nation increased its capital expenditures by a massive 73 percent, grew spending with New York State vendors by 43 percent and raised overall vendor spending by approximately 30%. Overall, the Oneida Indian Nation generates a more than $1 billion economic impact annually in Upstate New York.

2025 by the Numbers

During the last year, the Oneida Indian Nation’s increase in investments included:

• Increased to $305,820,548 million in wages, healthcare and retirement savings benefits to more than 5,200 team members (employees).

• Increased capital project spending by 73% ($224,621,942 total)

• Increased spending with New York State vendors by 43% ($377,175,186 total)

• Increased total spending with all vendors by nearly 30% ($542,068,817 total)

Investing In New York State and Local Businesses

As part of its spending with New York State vendors, the Nation also expanded investments with vendors across the tri-county area, which grew by 78 percent over 2024 to $286,511,726 in 2025, largely in part to the Turning Stone Evolution, the largest expansion in the history of Turning Stone Resort Casino. Last year, the Nation invested with 1,319 New York State vendors, including 785 vendors across the tri-county region.

In November, the Nation celebrated the grand opening of the newly expanded Point Place Casino Hotel, a transformative $50 million investment that added a new hotel to the property, a farm-to-fork restaurant The Forest Grill, Birch Trading Co., and a group event space. That opening came on the heels of the announcement in October that the Turning Stone Evolution will welcome guests ahead of schedule as The Crescent Hotel and Salt make their debut this summer on June 29. The Grand Expo will open shortly after on Labor Day. The Turning Stone Evolution was initially anticipated to open in 2027.

“We made historic investments in our properties, our workforce and our region’s businesses in 2025, and today we are well-positioned to make history again in 2026 as we lay the ground work for all that is to come,” said Ray Halbritter, Oneida Indian Nation Representative and Turning Stone Enterprises CEO. “With major investments in our team members, new and ongoing capital projects and partners in the community, we anticipate even greater levels of investment to come.”

Investments throughout Turning Stone Enterprises, the parent organization for all of the Oneida Indian Nation’s business operations, included the opening of a new Verona Collective dispensary in September. The new 3,800-square-foot Bridgeport location is the first to offer a drive-thru window for guest convenience.

About the Oneida Indian Nation

The Oneida Indian Nation is a federally recognized Indian nation in Central New York. A founding member of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy (also known as the Six Nations or Iroquois Confederacy), the Oneida Indian Nation sided with the Americans in the Revolutionary War and was thanked by Congress and President George Washington for its loyalty and assistance. Today, the Oneida Indian Nation consists of about 1,000 enrolled Members, most of them living in Central New York. The Nation’s enterprises, which employ more than 4,500 people, include Turning Stone Resort Casino, YBR Casino & Sports Book, Point Place Casino, The Lake House at Sylvan Beach, The Cove at Sylvan Beach, Maple Leaf Markets, SāvOn Convenience stores, Verona Collective, a seed-to-sale cannabis operation, RV Park, and marinas. Proceeds from these enterprises are used to rebuild the Nation’s economic base and provide essential services, including housing, health care, and education incentives and programs, to its Members.

Media Contact

Joel Barkin, Vice President for Strategic Communications and Community Engagement 315.361.8173 jbarkin@oneida-nation.org Kathleen Shaffer, Head of Public Relations 315.569.8193 Kathleen.shaffer@turningstone.com