The San Diego County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a deal with the Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians Wednesday to allow the tribe to build a second hotel tower and an additional gaming area at the Viejas Casino in Alpine. Viejas Casino Gets Thumbs Up For New Hotel Tower and Gaming The Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians received permission to build a second hotel on the site. Warth and Winkley write for the San Diego Union-Tribune.Above: the Viejas Hotel adjacent to the Viejas Casino. San Diego County officials had opposed the casino’s plans to reopen, but by late last week said they recognized tribal nations’ sovereign rights and would not stand in their way. Newsom said he recognized their sovereign right, but also had asked them to remain closed in the spirit of “sovereign-to-sovereign engagement” until surrounding jurisdictions had entered the next reopening phase, which would include casinos. Gavin Newsom of their intention to reopen casinos last week. “Today, it didn’t work out.”īurton said he felt the casino was safe and clean inside, and he plans to return regularly. “I wanted to go see that same machine to see if it would give me any more,” he said as he left the casino. We’re making it like a mini-vacay.”Įl Cajon resident Dean Burton, 59, said he was on a winning streak at Viejas when the virus hit, so he made plans to return as soon as he heard of the reopening. “We held to quarantine to a T for two months. “We just needed a break, to get out, so we figured the first day would be the cleanest, safest day to go,” he said. Raul Fierro of Orange County was among the guests who had booked a room for him and his family at the casino’s hotel. By about 9:30 a.m., the four-story parking garage at Viejas had empty spaces only on the top deck.

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