We are seeing more tribal facilities augment their gaming offerings to include more amenities like what we have provided for the last 15 years,” said Christina McMenamin, Pechanga Development Corporation board member. Pechanga acknowledged its footprint on the casino landscape looms large north and south of it. “I certainly see how Pechanga’s expansion would impact Pala.” “It would be different if we were building 1,000 to 2,000 rooms,” he said. Gill added that the relatively modest size of San Manuel’s hotel, at approximately 450 rooms, wouldn’t have the same repercussions on Pala - or other North County casinos - as Pechanga’s massive enlargement to 1,090 rooms. … I do think we share customers - the greater Los Angeles area market is strong.” “Might they come give us a shot? The answer is yes. “Yes, our numbers show we’ll pick up customers but we don’t hear a lot of comments about trading off San Manuel and going to San Diego,” he said. He couldn’t estimate how many of those guests from LA, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties who now travel to San Diego-area casinos but would instead stay at San Manuel in Highland. 1 item our guests have spoken to us about - why don’t you have a hotel and when are you going to have a hotel?” “There are people who tell us ‘we prefer to go somewhere else’ because they want to spend the night,” he said.

… It’s something very obviously missing from our casino experience,” Gill said. “San Manuel has always been a locals and regional casino and we don’t have a hotel. Loren Gill, general manager of San Manuel Casino, said building a hotel was essential in not just attracting new customers from LA and throughout Southern California, but keeping current guests happy. A floor-by-floor remodeling of the existing 500-plus room hotel will launch in October. The resort recently unveiled its new, swanky pool area, several renovated restaurants and additional non-smoking casino floor space. So far, it’s been very, very busy.”Ībdel-Moneim said Pala has the architectural and design plans ready to go for the hotel, which was originally scheduled to be completed in May 2019. “We’ll revisit it in full after we see how the summer goes.

“We’re still deciding with the new tower when to start building and how much to build,” he said.

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