The festivities will culminate Saturday, March 23rd with free entertainment in the Grand Rotunda and Essence Lounge. Superstar Alicia Keys will appear March 27th. Comedian Jon Reep of Last Comic Standing will perform at a private event on March 22nd. To help celebrate the opening, sold out performances by Darius Rucker and Blake Shelton will take place on March 22nd and 23rd in the resort’s state-of-the-art Events Center. An enterprise of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Nation, located in the heart of the Great Smoky Mountains of Western North Carolina near Asheville, Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort now includes 1,100 luxury guest hotel rooms, 4,000 games including traditional slots and table games, 10 restaurants, entertainment venues, and the Mandara Spa. Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort is celebrating the completion of its spectacular $650 million dollar expansion. Harrahs Cherokee Casino Harrah’s Cherokee Casino News