A 50-seat lobby bar and lounge has a sky blue marble wall lined with cascading bottles of wine. The tower’s two-story, open-air lobby has a 30-foot registration desk made of onyx stone that sits in front of a custom slatted walnut wood design, lit to create an abstract representation of the Smoky Mountains. The design concept emphasizes earth tones with accents of burnt sienna, golden hues and charcoal gray along with a mix of eucalyptus and walnut woods. Located adjacent to the new convention center, the 19-story tower will have 725 rooms and seven suites. The resort’s fourth hotel tower, The Cherokee, will open this fall. Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort in Cherokee, N.C., is set to complete a multiyear expansion project this fall. The $250 million development, which broke ground in June 2018, includes a new 725-room hotel tower, an 83,000-square-foot convention space and new food-and-beverage options.