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Valley View Casino & Hotel News. Valley View Casino and Hotel plans to reopen 22 May. The casino in the San Diego area will require guest to wear a mask.
We went to Valley View Casino. We were staying at Welk Resort and had always seen the signs pointing this way to Valley View. This time we drove there and it was a further drive than we expected. We played the slots in the casino area. There was a reasonable variety of slots. However, given the San Diego casino scene, we found Valley View. One of the regions more ambitious projects was officially completed late last month, as the Valley View Casino and Hotel revealed a major $50 million renovation. This was the most recent and last development of eight major San Diego casino. Valley View Casino & Hotel in Valley Center and the Agua Caliente casinos in the Coachella Valley both recently announced plans to extend their coronavirus-related closures. Valley View has extended its closure through April 16, officials for the casino announced on Monday, March 30. The casino previously said it was hoping to reopen April 3.
Trey Killian@treykillianJuly 9th, 2019 - 09:30am@treykillianCalifornia, particularly Southern California, is undergoing a bit of renaissance for casino construction and expansion.
One of the regions more ambitious projects was officially completed late last month, as the Valley View Casino and Hotel revealed a major $50 million renovation.
This was the most recent and last development of eight major San Diego casino initiatives undertaken since 2014, and it definitely stands out as one of the grandest.
The project took a whopping 18 months to complete as 43,000 square feet was added to the casino resort premises. Of the facility’s preexisting 100,000 square feet, 65,000 square feet on the gaming floor was renovated as well.
According to the Press Enterprise , the plans called for the addition of “two new restaurants, a new players club, a promotional area for gifts and slot tournaments, six additional restrooms and two new guest entrance” as well as substantial “additional casino space.”
This adds to the existing 108 rooms in an eight-story hotel tower and scenic pool with a stunning view of the Palomar Mountains.
The two restaurants will extend popular dining options to visitors. Patties and Pints, as the name might suggest, offers eight different types of gourmet burgers as well as a full bar, while The Café offers specialty breakfast, lunch and brunch features but closes at 2 p.m. in the afternoon.
In total, 25,000 square feet was added to the casino floor, while 250 new slot machines and 11 new table games were brought in.
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Director of hotel operations and player development Ian Williams believed the renovations positioned the hotel “for the higher end – a little more upscale, a little younger.” He also believes it will help them compete with “any casino in Las Vegas and any casino in San Diego.”
The Casino Center venue already hosts a variety of high profile events including major UFC and other fighting matches as well as preseason games featuring the NBA’s Los Angeles Lakers and Golden State Warriors.
Now the casino will have an even greater chance to wow and win over guests and stay competitive in the growing, revitalized SoCal gambling scene.
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Bruce Howard, general manager of the hotel and casino, said that he’s excited for old and new guests to check out the changes.
”We would like to extend our sincere gratitude and appreciation to all of our guests and to our 950 team members for being so patient and supportive with us during these past 18 months of construction.”
“I know obviously $50 million is an enormous amount of money, but really in the scale of expanding casinos, many casinos even locally have $200 million, $300 million (expansions), but we didn’t think we needed any more than really what guests asked for.”
The expansion fell into line with several recent undertakings by competing casinos. The Pechanga Resort and Casino completed a $285 million project that added 568 rooms and a new restaurant.
Additionally, The Soboba Casino Resort opened earlier this year to much fanfare due to its modern charm with an eye to the past.
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Valley View Casino will be among the first of San Diego County’s tribal casinos to reopen first thing in the morning of May 22, almost exactly two months after closing in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak. Longtime General Manager Bruce Howard says he doesn’t ever remember being more excited.
In an interview with GGB News, Howard said tribes in San Diego County—which has the largest concentration of Indian casinos in California—have cooperated in their decisions to close and now to reopen. He said the chain of command started with San Pasqual Tribal Chairman Steven Cope and including other tribal chairs, their gaming commission and county and state officials.
“This decision was made in anything but a bubble. There were probably eight or 10 entities that were involved,” said Howard. During the shutdown, the casino general managers and tribal chairs spoke two and sometimes three times a week on conference calls. They agreed on many of the safety protocols they would adopt when they reopened.
“It was a very collaborative thing that we try to do together,” said Howard. “It was big-picture, our reading of what’s best for the community.”
Boyd Long, Valley View’s vice president of security and risk management, spearheaded implementation of the safety measures that will be in place, and collaborated with his peers in other county casinos. “On a weekly basis, I was also speaking to other security and risk managers,” he said. “We were looking at best practices. We didn’t look just at casinos. We paid attention to what was going on everywhere.”
They observed how markets, hardware stores and even dry cleaners were managing visitors. They “took it all in,” he said, and clearly feels that Valley View will be implementing the “best of the best practices.”
“I think when we open, we’ll be a benchmark for others, in terms of safety and sanitation,” he said.
On entering, all guests and team members must wear a mask and will automatically have their temperatures scanned by an electronic imaging machine. If the temperature is elevated, individuals will be asked to step out of line for a forehead temperature check with a handheld device.
On the casino floor, guests will find about 40 percent of slot machines shut down and no more than three chairs per table game.
“At the table games, we’ll have a system with no card touch,” Long added. “Only the dealer touches the card.” Guests must wear clear gloves to handle chips, and dealers will monitor them to ensure they’re not touching their faces. Wearing gloves is not optional, and anyone who refuses will be asked to leave the table.
Some popular slot machines will be next to each other to allow couples to sit together. Long said, “About 40 percent have been shut down with a few of the games we know couples like to play. Half of table game chairs and half of the restaurant chairs have also been removed.”
The casino will also keep a running total of guests and when it hits a predetermined capacity, new guests may only enter as others leave.
Employees have been told to remind guests about social distancing and be on the lookout for groups of people congregating, which is not allowed. Those who insist on breaking this rule will be asked to leave.
The casino is trying to create a contactless environment, encouraging cash transfers using systems like Apple Pay. Cash transactions are an exception, but they only represent about 10 percent of the total, said Long. In the case of cash, employees will use gloves when possible and plenty of hand sanitizer. Employees wandering the casino will carry fanny packs of wet wipes that they will offer freely to guests.
At any point where employees come in contact with patrons—such as the players’ club or restaurants—Plexiglas dividers have been installed, said Long.
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Although most of the casino restaurants will reopen May 22, its celebrated Maine lobster buffet won’t reopen right away.
“We’re working on a new concept for our buffet,” said Howard. “It’ll be nothing like a buffet anyone has seen. We’ll have more details coming.”
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Also missing, at least at first, will be valet parking and the luxury bus service. For a time, patrons will self-park and everyone will enter through the same entrance.
Valley View’s modest 108-room hotel will also get frequent scrubbing and sanitizing, Long said. “We’re pretty spotless and sanitized and more cognizant of safety practices. The hotel is as safe as any area in the casino if not cleaner.”
Although bell service will be available on request, Long anticipates that most people will want to carry their own bags, at least for a time. “If someone needs bell service, we’ll provide it. We’ll continue to be a full service property, but do it under restrictions.”