Comment on Oxford Casino owner plans $25 million hotel expansion

Casino developer Churchill Downs Inc. plans to build a hotel at Oxford Casino as part of a $25 million expansion. The project to build an attached hotel includes expansion of the existing Oxford Casino facility and would feature more than 100 guest rooms, additional dining options, an expansion of the gaming floor and meeting and banquet space, the company said Friday. Construction of the hotel and banquet space represents the second time Louisville, Kentucky-based Churchill Downs has expanded the Oxford facility since purchasing the property for $160 million in 2013.