The casino and hotel complex will cover 37.5 acres of land in an area that was added to the reservation in 2015.

“The future of San Jacinto is a brighter with the new Soboba Resort,” he said. The project already has excited the business community, is bringing skilled trade jobs and more activity at local stores and restaurants, San Jacinto City Councilman Russ Utz said. San Jacinto officials, who see the casino as a boon to economic development in their city, also welcome the facility. Now this new facility will have the oversight of new generations to come.” “We are forever grateful to past councils and elders that persevered for the future of our tribe. “We are finally seeing the results of a vision we have had for several years,” longtime Tribal Council member Rose Salgado said. There were no speeches or politicians, just a gathering of tribal members who watched, photographed, cheered and marveled as the beams were raised high in the air and then placed atop the structure. Monday’s Soboba ceremony was a small one. Pechanga is close to unveiling its new $285 million expansion, which will include a 14-story tower made up of two buildings providing an additional 568 rooms, along with a new event center, pool complex and more restaurants. The tribes that operate the Pechanga Resort & Casino near Temecula, San Manuel Casino near Highland and Pala Casino Spa & Resort in northern San Diego County all have projects underway or planned.

The Soboba project comes at a time when other tribal casinos in the region are expanding. It’s special to be able to have the tribal members sign their names on something that will be up for decades.” Workers place a Christmas Tree on a beam that will be part of the new Soboba Hotel and Casino near San Jacinto on Monday, Dec. “We’re trying to landmark all of these special milestones. “This is one of the significant milestones of the whole construction project,” Soboba Tribal Administrator Michael Castello said. 11, in which three white beams containing the signatures of tribal members, casino employees and construction workers were lifted to the top of the frame of the six-story hotel that is part of the future Soboba Casino and Resort. The tribe held a “topping” ceremony Monday afternoon, Dec. Members of the Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians will live forever as part of the tribe’s new casino, which is rising on its reservation near San Jacinto.

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