San Manuel tribe rebrands flagship casino in Southern California

The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians is rebranding its flagship casino arsenic the people eyes aboriginal growth.

The people is reintroducing its San Manuel Casino successful Highland, California, arsenic Yaamava’ Resort & Casino astatine San Manuel, the casino’s operating radical announced Friday. The San Manuel Entertainment Authority said the property’s caller sanction and logo — yucca works fronds successful a Y-shaped, woven-basket signifier — are an homage to the San Manuel Band’s ancestral lands and people.

“Today marks a caller section of rebirth and boundless potential, truthful we person fixed our spot a caller sanction — Yaamava’ — the Serrano connection for ‘spring,’” San Manuel Band of Mission Indians Chairman Ken Ramirez said successful a written statement. “We are immensely grateful to our tribal citizens, the thousands of San Manuel squad members and millions of valued guests implicit the years, each of whom helped marque this infinitesimal possible.”

In May, the people announced it had struck a woody with Red Rock Resorts to bargain the Palms off-Strip edifice successful Las Vegas. The $650-million merchantability is expected to adjacent aboriginal this year.

Yaamava’ Resort’s caller sanction debuted up of the property’s caller 17-floor hotel, expected to unfastened successful December. The edifice volition diagnostic 432 impermanent rooms, 127 of which volition beryllium suites, a excavation platform with 7 backstage cabanas and much nutrient options.

The edifice represents the 2nd of a three-phase enlargement project. The people earlier this twelvemonth expanded the casino to see much than 6,500 slot machines, an further high-limit gaming room, 3 shops and caller bars and restaurants. A 2,800-seat amusement venue volition beryllium completed adjacent year.

The San Manuel people volition proceed owning and operating the property. Yaamava’ Resort’s sanction alteration “allows the people to prosecute further maturation opportunities and service the assemblage nether the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians enterprise,” it said successful a quality release.

“Yaamava’ Resort & Casino volition redefine the thrilling experiences our guests person travel accustomed to and supply the highest level of work excellence successful the casino and hospitality industry,” said Peter Arceo, edifice wide manager.

Yaamava’ Resort is astir 70 miles eastbound of Los Angeles and archetypal opened arsenic a bingo hallway successful 1986. The spot is simply a top-10 backstage leader successful San Bernardino County that is expected to employment much than 6,000 radical by the extremity of 2021.

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