The layout and architecture of the development complements and integrates the project into the surrounding landscape.

The gaming area and associated back-of-house space sit atop an eight-level, 1,900 parking space garage. He said tribes are also looking at new types of gaming opportunities, such as sports betting, skill-based slot machines and eSports.The Hollywood Casino in Jamul, California is a multi-level entertainment facility complete with 70,000 square feet of gaming floor area and 40,000 square feet of regionally inspired food and beverage venues along with multiple nightlife and entertainment options. Meister expects Indian casinos in California – and nationwide – to grow non-gaming amenities at their facilities – additional hotel rooms, restaurants, shopping and other features – in an effort to diversify the product. The accounts for 27 percent of the overall revenue nationwide.

“The San Diego area, with Barona, Viejas, Sycuan, and Jamul, is very crowded.”Ĭalifornia’s Indian casinos produced $8.4 billion in revenue in 2016, roughly $2 billion more than the Las Vegas Strip. “The overall Southern California gaming market is very competitive, with quite a number of Native American casinos,” Meister said. The San Diego Union-Tribune reported eight of the region’s 10 casinos have been under construction to varying degrees over the last five years. In March, Sycuan opened a $260 million hotel expansion and other amenities.

Recently Pechanga – which sits at the boundary just north of San Diego County in the Riverside County community of Temecula, spent more than $300 million to add new non-gaming amenities. The region has seen an estimated $1.5 billion in spending in the past few years, which includes Jamul’s opening.

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