Gallery: Jeremiah Howards and Amy Sterne, who were visiting from Illinois for the event (Sterne was a contractor for the hotel), relaxed on a couch as they looked round the Minnetonka ballroom at the grand opening of Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community Mystic Lake Center and Hotel on Thursday, January 4, 2018, in Prior Lake, Minn.
Gallery: Tom and Rita Savoy of Prior Lake relaxed on a couch as they ate food and mingled before a press conference at the grand opening of Mystic Lake Center on Thursday, January 4, 2018, in Prior Lake, Minn.
Gallery: The Isanti room was decorated in a wedding theme at the grand opening of Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community Mystic Lake Center and Hotel on Thursday, January 4, 2018, in Prior Lake, Minn.
Gallery: Guests mingled in the grand entry at the grand opening of Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community Mystic Lake Center and Hotel on Thursday, January 4, 2018, in Prior Lake, Minn.
Gallery: A server poured champagne at the grand opening of Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community Mystic Lake Center and Hotel on Thursday, January 4, 2018, in Prior Lake, Minn.
Gallery: Rita Savoy served herself some shrimp at the seafood buffet at the grand opening of Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community Mystic Lake Center and Hotel on Thursday, January 4, 2018, in Prior Lake, Minn.
Gallery: Banquet Chef Jason Robertson gave guest s tour of the kitchen that included the walk in ovens at the grand opening of Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community Mystic Lake Center and Hotel on Thursday, January 4, 2018, in Prior Lake, Minn.
Gallery: Chocolate covered strawberries for guests as they took a tour of the kitchen at the grand opening of Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community Mystic Lake Center and Hotel on Thursday, January 4, 2018, in Prior Lake, Minn.
Gallery: A hotel room at the grand opening of Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community Mystic Lake Center and Hotel on Thursday, January 4, 2018, in Prior Lake, Minn.
Gallery: Mystic Lake media designer Terrence Brown took pictures of the construction of Club Nomadic at the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community Mystic Lake grounds on Thursday, January 4, 2018, in Prior Lake, Minn.
Gallery: Mike Lamprides, director of design and construction of Nomadic Entertainment, walked through the construction of Club Nomadic at the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community Mystic Lake grounds on Thursday, January 4, 2018, in Prior Lake, Minn.
Gallery: The construction of Club Nomadic at the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community Mystic Lake grounds on Thursday, January 4, 2018, in Prior Lake, Minn.
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