SAN DIEGO June 4, 2003 - With less than 90 days until its grand opening on August 19th, the expansion of Pala Casino is moving at breakneck speed. Pala Casino, which currently has 2,000 slot and video machines and 50 table games, will become Pala Casino Resort and Spa, a 650,00- square foot, $215 million hotel, casino, entertainment and dining complex.Pala will be the first casino between Los Angeles and San Diego to feature a 10,000 square-foot full-service spa and salon, which will include a state-of-the-art fitness center, 14 treatment rooms including two couples spa suites, complete salon and a boutique. Special features of the spa will include private outdoor rain showers, power showers (Swiss showers) and indoor/outdoor treatment facilities, eucalyptus steam rooms, sauna and whirlpool. The resort will also feature an Olympic size pool with 12 private poolside cabanas and two side-by-side Jacuzzis with dual temperature control.
The 10-story hotel tower will feature 507 rooms, of which 82 will be suites. Each room will offer a mini bar, safe, and high-speed Internet access, along with luxurious bathrooms featuring custom tile work. All suites feature oversized Jacuzzi bathtubs.
The expansion adds two restaurants to the property, Mama’s Cucina Italiana where fresh pasta will be made in a display kitchen and the Poolside Café and Bar for alfresco dining. The Grand Cabaret, a 1,000-seat entertainment venue will open on June 14 with a special appearance by Jay Leno for a members-only private party. The 2,000-seat outdoor concert venue called the Palomar Starlight Theater and a garden wedding area will open in August. In addition, the expansion adds 30,000 square feet of fully equipped meeting and convention space.
Pala was the first Southern California casino to offer all the elements of real Las Vegas-style gaming and the first to be built from the ground-up and opened by executives at the highest levels of gaming operations. Pala is the only casino to bring the outdoors inside with floor to ceiling windows throughout the facility. Pala, which is open seven days a week, 24 hours a day, currently offers 2,000 slot and video machines, 50 table games (with 25 more being added as part of the expansion), a unique non-smoking gaming area, a high-limit gaming and lounge area, six restaurants and Promenade Lounge for live entertainment. A 21,000-square-foot Pala Events Center offers live entertainment, sporting events and more. Pala is located in northern San Diego County, 15 miles north of Escondido, 12 miles south of Temecula on Highway 76, five miles east of I-15. For more information call 1-877-WIN-PALA or visit www.palacasino.com.
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