Golden Mesa Expansion Brings Hotel Restaurant and Jobs to Guymon

Golden Mesa Casino marked a major phase of growth in 2025 with a ribbon cutting that celebrated a multi million dollar expansion of its campus southwest of Guymon on U.S. Highway 54. The enlarged facility now features a full service restaurant, a multi floor hotel with roughly 99 rooms, and an RV park, substantially increasing the propertys capacity to host overnight visitors. Tribal leadership from the Shawnee Tribe led the project while Global Gaming Solutions, a Chickasaw Nation subsidiary, is involved in operations. Local officials and tribal leaders attended the opening.

The additions translate directly into more lodging and visitor amenities for the Oklahoma Panhandle region. Increasing on site overnight capacity by roughly 99 rooms alters the supply side of local hospitality markets, creating new competition for existing motels and RV parks and providing more options for travelers drawn to regional events agricultural shows and cross state travel corridors. The RV park also addresses a segment of leisure demand that often brings longer stays and higher ancillary spending on food fuel and entertainment.

For residents of Texas County the most immediate effects will be labor market and fiscal. The expansion will expand hospitality and service sector employment in the Guymon area as the new restaurant hotel and RV park require staffing for front desk housekeeping food service maintenance and outdoor operations. As one of the largest private investments in the Oklahoma Panhandle in recent years the project increases overnight visitation which typically raises local sales and lodging related economic activity. Those shifts matter for county planning because rising visitor volumes affect road use utilities and emergency services even as they broaden the tax base and support small businesses.

Looking ahead the Golden Mesa expansion fits a broader regional trend of tribal investment in diversified hospitality and entertainment assets beyond core gaming. The scale of the investment makes workforce training infrastructure coordination and local zoning and public service planning priorities for county leaders. Tracking occupancy rates visitor spending and employment growth in the coming quarters will show how durable the expansion is as an economic anchor for Guymon and neighboring communities.