Press Room Fast Facts

As one of the country's newest resort destinations, Pechanga Resort & Casino, an AAA four-diamond property, offers the pinnacle of hotel luxury, gaming excitement, entertainment, meeting facilities and dining in Southern California.

History:

• Gaming operations started in 1995
• Resort property opened June 24, 2002

Gaming:

• 188,000 square foot casino floor
• 2,000 state of the art slot machines
• 158 table games
• State-of-the-art, Non-smoking poker room with 54 tables
• Large non-smoking casino floor area, plus ventilation system refreshing inside air every three seconds
• Pechanga Rewards Club - Players' club

Dining:

• Seven fine dining choices, plus the Festival of Foods Food Court

• Great Oak Steakhouse
• Paisano's Italian
• Seafood Grotto
• Kelsey's
• Blazing Noodles
• Pechanga Buffet
• Pechanga Café

• Festival of Foods
  • American Classic's
  • Pronto's
  • Agave
  • Little Wok
  • Caffé Cocoa

• 24-hour room service available

Resort:

• 522 spacious guest rooms and suites
• Sun deck, swimming pool and private cabanas
• Health Club featuring complimentary workout facility for hotel guests and signature massage treatments
• High speed T1 Internet ports in all guest rooms (complimentary use)
• Concierge services available

Entertainment:

• A-list performers scheduled regularly in the 1,200- seat Pechanga Theater
• Live music Wed-Sun/Karaoke Mon-Tues in the Casino Cabaret
• Live network broadcast (NBC, HBO, ESPN, etc.) championship boxing matches presented in the 3,000-seat Grand Ballroom
• Silk, the Club open Thursday through Saturday features an ultra-modern discotheque environment with resident DJs, renown DJs from LA, SF, Chicago and elsewhere, plus Silk often features acoustic performances from top-name artists
• Eagle's Nest Nightclub on the resort's top floor - Wed-Sun from 5:00pm-1:30am

Meetings, Conventions, Catering & Banquets:

• 40,000+ sq. ft of flexible meeting and convention space - 13 individual breakout rooms, 25,000 sq. ft. Grand Ballroom (dividable into 3 sects.), 125 seat teleconferencing theater
• Professional and friendly catering and banquet staff available to plan and assist with meetings, conventions, parties, weddings, special events

Diversifications:

• RV Resort with full hookups and amenities for 'on the road' guests
• Gas Station on premises for convenience of RV and out-of-town guests

Expansion:

In order to better service the requests and needs of its guests, the Pechanga tribe decided to expand its resort operations. Construction on its 400,000 square foot resort expansion began in October 2003 and was completed in November 2004.

Here are some statistics of the expansion project:

Expansion encompasses more than 400,000 square feet

• Expansion includes:

• Dual level ale house restaurant/bar (Kelsey's)
• Five-station Food Court (Festival of Foods)
• 28,000-square foot, Las Vegas-style nightclub (Silk)
• Additional gaming
• Elevated Bar-In-The-Round (The Round Bar)
• Separate Casino and Hotel Valet areas
• Larger Non-smoking casino area
• Adjacent five-level parking garage (North Parking Garage)
• New High-Limit gaming area

Impacts of expansion on surrounding community:

• Addition of approximately 1,500 new jobs at Pechanga Resort & Casino (total number of employees to equal approximately 4,500 upon expansion completion)
• Employment of nearly 900 construction workers and 50 subcontractors during expansion
• Funds from gaming revenue channeled into sound wall barrier and road widening project on Pechanga Parkway (main thoroughfare to get to Pechanga Resort & Casino) and other city and county infrastructure projects