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Audio Postcard: Behind the Scenes at Turning Stone

By Elizabeth Christensen

Verona, NY – Most Central New Yorkers are aware of the Oneida Indian Nation's Turning Stone Casino and Resort in Verona.

The casino has operated, and expanded, since the early 1990s.

But few people realize how much work goes into keeping the resort running 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

WRVO's Elizabeth Christensen prepared this audio postcard of the "casino behind the casino."

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