Rod 'N' Reel Resort

Henry Adams provided Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, and Fire Protection design and construction administration services for a three-phase new construction project at the Rod ‘N’ Reel Resort located in Chesapeake Beach, MD. This multi-year, multi-phase, project began design in 2015 and design was completed in 2022. Construction began in 2018 and is expected to be complete by the end of 2024. The owner of this family-owned business endeavored upon this project to upgrade and replace nearly all the buildings on the resort campus to modernize and expand the business’s capacity so that when his children inherit the resort it will be at it’s best operating condition in the history of the facility.

Phase 1 consists of a four-story aboveground open 400+ space parking structure and a 3-story 7,000 SF Restaurant and Bar. A two-story stacked boardwalk connects the parking garage, restaurant, and the main phase-2 gaming building together. The approximate cost of construction is $15-Million. Construction was completed in 2020. 

Phase 2 consists of a two-story gaming building with a partial third floor featuring a rooftop pool and supporting spaces totaling 33,000 SF. This building will be utilized for 278 gaming machines, a bingo hall, a bait and tackle retail store for local fishing business, and a barbeque restaurant on the first floor. An elevated walkway/boardwalk will extend from the Phase 1 Parking Garage and Restaurant to the second floor of the Phase 2 gaming building. The approximate cost of construction is $13-Million. Construction was completed in 2023. 

Phase 3 consists of razing the original Rod ‘N’ Reel building which has been there since 1946, and reconstructing a new building in the same location. The new building will be a four-story, 85,000 SF, hotel and atrium building with approximately 60 hotel rooms/suites overlooking the Chesapeake Bay. The building also features the 5-star Rod N Reel restaurant, multiple banquet halls to accommodate upwards of 500 guests, administrative office space, and an outdoor roof terrace overlooking the Chesapeake Bay. A two-story glass atrium will connect this building to the existing Hotel on the property and be the new grand entrance for the property. Approximate cost of construction is $32-Million. Construction is anticipated to be completed by the end of 2024.