With the hotel opening, Viejas was renamed from Viejas Casino to Viejas Casino & Resort. Children under 21 are not permitted anywhere else in the casino. The buffet is the only restaurant that allows children and persons under the age of 21. The east entrance was enlarged and extended to connect the hotel to the casino and the buffet was remodeled and expanded. Bingo was moved into a new 340 seat bingo hall inside the casino and the former bingo hall was razed to make room for the hotel.

Additional valet parking was made available at the hotel entrance when the hotel opened. The original hotel includes a business center, fitness center, and resort style pool with VIP cabanas.Īs part of the original hotel construction project both east and west entrances to the casino were remodeled and valet parking was moved from the east entrance to the west entrance. Viejas describes the hotel as 'modern amenities, streamlined design and handcrafted, boutique feel'. Hotel construction was completed in March 2013 with the grand opening celebration held on March 21, 2013. The $36 million project broke ground in early 2012 and the building was topped out in November 2012. Plans were scaled back slightly resulting in a 5 story hotel with 128 rooms consisting of 99 deluxe rooms and 29 luxury suites. On August 31, 2011, the Viejas tribe announced plans to add a 150-room luxury hotel to the casino. The addition of a new hotel is expected to be completed by the end of 2017. A poker room was added in early 2016 but was later removed. That expansion project was never completed, but as of November 17, 2015, the Viejas Casino and Resort has a newly renovated non-smoking casino area, a 5 story parking garage, and an expanded section of the hotel which was officially opened on October 30, 2015. In 2007 the Viejas tribe announced an $800 million expansion project including a second casino, hotel, and parking garage. In 2006 a $19 million project to remodel the casino was completed. Six years later, a new bingo room was built east of the casino.

The bingo room was moved inside the casino from the RV resort in 1994. The Viejas Casino opened its doors on September 13, 1991. In 1977, the Viejas Bingo Room opened in the Ma Tar Awa RV Park on the Viejas reservation. The Viejas tribe is one of seven California tribes that signed a modified compact with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger granting unlimited slot machines in return for higher payments to the state. In 1932, The Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians purchased the reservation with their share of proceeds from a forced eviction from the area now containing El Capitan Reservoir.

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