![]() ![]() ![]() 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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