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New California Casino to Open in April

Like the Las Vegas giants, there will be an extra-large buffet. There are gold-plated porcelain tiles and a thousand one-armed bandits. But once the Agua Caliente casino opens its polished brass doors in early April, gamblers will be the final judges.

The $90 million Mediterranean casino will open on the edge of Rancho Mirage, California, and compete with three other Indian casinos at 45 miles between Banning and Coachella in the Riverside County desert.

At the Agua Caliente Casino, the tall brass doors at the main entrance will open with rushing waterfalls and a lifelike atrium of palm trees. Gamblers can valet park or pull over a four-level parking structure for 1,250 cars and use covered aisles to protect against 120-degree summer days.

High rollers can pull the handle in the $25 slot. Game tables, electronic roulette, and a row of Las Vegas-style slots fill the casino floor, divided into smoking and non-smoking sections.

Restaurants will include Prime Steakhouse, New York Deli, and casual "Exceptic" meals. Casinos will have popular buffets found in traditionally larger Las Vegas venues, where there will be four food stations (US, China, Italy, and Mexico) and a salad and dessert bar. The lounge will offer live performances and dances, and 1,000-seat seating will be double the bingo/concert hall for performances such as Earth, Wind & Fire, and country singer Winona.

Landscape outside will include more waterfalls, more than 50 newly planted palm trees, and hundreds of cactuses. Michael Lombardi, who worked as a consultant for Agua Calientes at the bingo section of the new casino, said that if the outside reminded gamblers of Las Vegas' Mirage, it was because the casino had the same landscape. 슬롯사이트 순위

The new casino will employ 830 people, increasing the tribe's workforce to 1,500. This includes jobs at the tribe's Spa Hotel and Casino in downtown Palm Springs, California.