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Celebrating 100 Years

Celebrating a CENTURY of valuing people and building dreams!

This once-in-a-lifetime milestone is made possible by the commitment of our employee-owners and through relationships built over time with our clients and partners.

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Bally's Baton Rouge Casino and Hotel
Baton Rouge, LA
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Bally's Baton Rouge Casino and Hotel

Baton Rouge, LA

Client

Bally's Corporation

Duration

13 months

Architect

Project Size

232,000 SF

Delivery Method

CMAR

Office

Project Attributes

  • Repeat Client

Project Stories

Casino in a Glass Box

50,000 SF Historic Glass Atrium Transformed into a Modern Gaming Destination

Casinos are known for their modern, colorful flashing lights and lack of windows. Our team faced unprecedented challenges building a gaming destination within a fully glass atrium while trying to pay homage to both the community and the deep-rooted history that defines this place.

Learn how we worked hand-in-hand with ownership and the design team to find innovative solutions that made the impossible come true.

W.E. O’Neil and Jim Baum: Decades of Partnership

Building premiere gaming and hospitality developments across California, Illinois, Louisiana, and Arizona markets.

This partnership began in 2000 on our first gaming facility project with the Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians in California, and included Bally’s of Baton Rouge.

Recently, Jim joined us to reflect on our enduring prtnership and the lasting impact we’ve made together in developing premier gaming facilities, a true testament to mutual trust, shared vision, and long-term collaboration.

Testimonials

O’Neil will go into a market where they have no deep roots and leave it better than they found it. That’s extraordinary. It’s all about relationships. When you have the faith and trust in your construction partner, everything else becomes intuitive. I’ve hired O’Neil for projects with four different gaming companies. They bring discipline, integrity, and cultural alignment every time.

Jim Baum, Senior Vice President of Design & Construction
Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc (GLPI)

Gaming construction is complex. O’Neil helped us navigate regulations, explain delays to the gaming board, and keep the project moving. When the state police told us this was the best compliance mark they’ve ever seen, I knew we had done it—and O’Neil was right there with us.

Stacy Stagg, Senior VP & Regional Manager (Former)
Bally's Corporation

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We’re slaying dragons when we build projects, and we have fun doing it. That’s what my relationship with W.E. O’Neil represents. I’ve worked with W.E. O’Neil for over 25 years across four gaming companies in five states, totaling more than $800 million in construction. From a temporary casino in California that grew into a major multi-phase development to bringing a riverboat casino landside in Louisiana, our like-minded approach and shared focus on relationships have been the foundation of this long-standing partnership.

Jim Baum, Senior Vice President of Design & Construction
Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc (GLPI)

WATCH VIDEO

O’Neil will go into a market where they have no deep roots and leave it better than they found it. That’s extraordinary. It’s all about relationships. When you have the faith and trust in your construction partner, everything else becomes intuitive. I’ve hired O’Neil for projects with four different gaming companies. They bring discipline, integrity, and cultural alignment every time.

Jim Baum, Senior Vice President of Design & Construction
Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc (GLPI)

Gaming construction is complex. O’Neil helped us navigate regulations, explain delays to the gaming board, and keep the project moving. When the state police told us this was the best compliance mark they’ve ever seen, I knew we had done it—and O’Neil was right there with us.

Stacy Stagg, Senior VP & Regional Manager (Former)
Bally's Corporation

WATCH VIDEO

We’re slaying dragons when we build projects, and we have fun doing it. That’s what my relationship with W.E. O’Neil represents. I’ve worked with W.E. O’Neil for over 25 years across four gaming companies in five states, totaling more than $800 million in construction. From a temporary casino in California that grew into a major multi-phase development to bringing a riverboat casino landside in Louisiana, our like-minded approach and shared focus on relationships have been the foundation of this long-standing partnership.

Jim Baum, Senior Vice President of Design & Construction
Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc (GLPI)

WATCH VIDEO

O’Neil will go into a market where they have no deep roots and leave it better than they found it. That’s extraordinary. It’s all about relationships. When you have the faith and trust in your construction partner, everything else becomes intuitive. I’ve hired O’Neil for projects with four different gaming companies. They bring discipline, integrity, and cultural alignment every time.

Jim Baum, Senior Vice President of Design & Construction
Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc (GLPI)

Gaming construction is complex. O’Neil helped us navigate regulations, explain delays to the gaming board, and keep the project moving. When the state police told us this was the best compliance mark they’ve ever seen, I knew we had done it—and O’Neil was right there with us.

Stacy Stagg, Senior VP & Regional Manager (Former)
Bally's Corporation

WATCH VIDEO

We’re slaying dragons when we build projects, and we have fun doing it. That’s what my relationship with W.E. O’Neil represents. I’ve worked with W.E. O’Neil for over 25 years across four gaming companies in five states, totaling more than $800 million in construction. From a temporary casino in California that grew into a major multi-phase development to bringing a riverboat casino landside in Louisiana, our like-minded approach and shared focus on relationships have been the foundation of this long-standing partnership.

Jim Baum, Senior Vice President of Design & Construction
Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc (GLPI)

WATCH VIDEO

O’Neil will go into a market where they have no deep roots and leave it better than they found it. That’s extraordinary. It’s all about relationships. When you have the faith and trust in your construction partner, everything else becomes intuitive. I’ve hired O’Neil for projects with four different gaming companies. They bring discipline, integrity, and cultural alignment every time.

Jim Baum, Senior Vice President of Design & Construction
Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc (GLPI)

Gaming construction is complex. O’Neil helped us navigate regulations, explain delays to the gaming board, and keep the project moving. When the state police told us this was the best compliance mark they’ve ever seen, I knew we had done it—and O’Neil was right there with us.

Stacy Stagg, Senior VP & Regional Manager (Former)
Bally's Corporation

WATCH VIDEO

We’re slaying dragons when we build projects, and we have fun doing it. That’s what my relationship with W.E. O’Neil represents. I’ve worked with W.E. O’Neil for over 25 years across four gaming companies in five states, totaling more than $800 million in construction. From a temporary casino in California that grew into a major multi-phase development to bringing a riverboat casino landside in Louisiana, our like-minded approach and shared focus on relationships have been the foundation of this long-standing partnership.

Jim Baum, Senior Vice President of Design & Construction
Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc (GLPI)

WATCH VIDEO

O’Neil will go into a market where they have no deep roots and leave it better than they found it. That’s extraordinary. It’s all about relationships. When you have the faith and trust in your construction partner, everything else becomes intuitive. I’ve hired O’Neil for projects with four different gaming companies. They bring discipline, integrity, and cultural alignment every time.

Jim Baum, Senior Vice President of Design & Construction
Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc (GLPI)

Gaming construction is complex. O’Neil helped us navigate regulations, explain delays to the gaming board, and keep the project moving. When the state police told us this was the best compliance mark they’ve ever seen, I knew we had done it—and O’Neil was right there with us.

Stacy Stagg, Senior VP & Regional Manager (Former)
Bally's Corporation

WATCH VIDEO

We’re slaying dragons when we build projects, and we have fun doing it. That’s what my relationship with W.E. O’Neil represents. I’ve worked with W.E. O’Neil for over 25 years across four gaming companies in five states, totaling more than $800 million in construction. From a temporary casino in California that grew into a major multi-phase development to bringing a riverboat casino landside in Louisiana, our like-minded approach and shared focus on relationships have been the foundation of this long-standing partnership.

Jim Baum, Senior Vice President of Design & Construction
Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc (GLPI)

WATCH VIDEO

O’Neil will go into a market where they have no deep roots and leave it better than they found it. That’s extraordinary. It’s all about relationships. When you have the faith and trust in your construction partner, everything else becomes intuitive. I’ve hired O’Neil for projects with four different gaming companies. They bring discipline, integrity, and cultural alignment every time.

Jim Baum, Senior Vice President of Design & Construction
Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc (GLPI)

Gaming construction is complex. O’Neil helped us navigate regulations, explain delays to the gaming board, and keep the project moving. When the state police told us this was the best compliance mark they’ve ever seen, I knew we had done it—and O’Neil was right there with us.

Stacy Stagg, Senior VP & Regional Manager (Former)
Bally's Corporation

WATCH VIDEO

We’re slaying dragons when we build projects, and we have fun doing it. That’s what my relationship with W.E. O’Neil represents. I’ve worked with W.E. O’Neil for over 25 years across four gaming companies in five states, totaling more than $800 million in construction. From a temporary casino in California that grew into a major multi-phase development to bringing a riverboat casino landside in Louisiana, our like-minded approach and shared focus on relationships have been the foundation of this long-standing partnership.

Jim Baum, Senior Vice President of Design & Construction
Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc (GLPI)

WATCH VIDEO

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