Creeks announce $22 million entertainment complex at Jenks' Riverwalk Crossing

Correction: A Thursday Tulsa World story incorrectly stated the amount of money the Muscogee (Creek) Nation plans to contribute to a new development at RiverWalk Crossing in Jenks. The nation plans to contribute $11 million to the $22 million project. This story has been corrected.

JENKS The Muscogee (Creek) Nation announced a $22 million entertainment complex that will be built at the RiverWalk Crossing in Jenks.

The facility will offer high-tech golf, family-oriented games, restaurants, sports bar, party rooms and corporate space.

Principal Chief George Tiger said the tribe hoped to have the facility finished in 18 months. It will be built in an open space just north of the shopping centers movie theater.

There will be nothing like it within a 250-mile radius of Tulsa, Tiger said.

Tiger said the announcement is just the first of several to be made regarding RiverWalk Crossing, located along the west bank of the Arkansas River in Jenks.

The new development will be a partnership between the tribe and RW Restaurant Group, a new entity that was formed specifically for the venture. Of the $22 million cost, $11 million will be covered by the tribe and the rest covered by RW.

John Vollbrecht, a local investor and representative of RW, said the group was proud to work with the tribe.

Were honored to be partnered with them, and we believe this will be the start of a great revitalization of RiverWalk Crossing, he said.

Sean Kouplen, a local banker who is chairman of One Fire, the business arm of the Creek Nation, said the fate of the movie theater will be determined later.

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Creeks announce $22 million entertainment complex at Jenks' Riverwalk Crossing