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Countdown to Barona Valley Ranch Resort & Casino
Opening—January 2003
Southern California gamers will soon be able to experience the newest and most original gaming resort in the region — the new Barona Valley Ranch Resort & Casino will of cially open next month — January 2003! Gaming Guide readers have followed Barona’s construction progress on our pages for the last nine months, and Barona patrons have witnessed rsthand, the exciting
changes at the San Diego Barona Band of Mission Indians reservation. The $260 million expansion includes a world-class resort with 397 guest rooms and suites, a lakefront wedding chapel, a 300,000 square foot casino, a ve-level parking garage and the 18-hole championship Barona Creek Golf Club, plus full-service Golf Events Center. Barona Creek Golf Club and the Events Center and the garage have been open over the last several months.
But what truly makes the resort unique is its California by-gone era ranch-in uenced theme and design, coupled with the elegance of all its amenities. The centerpiece of the resort is the new casino with a huge four-sided stone replace that will house 2,000 Vegas-style slot machines, video poker and keno machines, 54 table games, including Blackjack, an 11-table Poker Room, and a 125-seat off-track betting area. Eight new stylish dining establishments include the Barona Oaks Steakhouse, the Branding Iron Café, and the 850-seat Ranch House
Buffet that will serve an extensive variety of fare, including Mexican, American, Mongolian, Chinese, Italian, rotisserie and more!
The Barona Valley Ranch Resort & Casino is accepting telephone and online reservations now. Weekday rates for deluxe guest rooms begin at $79.00 per night per room; week- end rates are priced from $129.00 per night per room. Weekday luxury suites are priced from $250.00 per night per room. Guests can reserve rooms at 1-877-bv-ranch, or online at www.barona.com.
The Barona Oaks Steakhouse is only one of the eight new dining establishments at the new Barona Valley Ranch Resort & Casino
Big Thrillions® Winners at Soboba Casino and Harrah’s Rincon Casino and Resort
Terrie M. Hebron of Temecula, California became the 100th Betty Boop wide- area progressive jackpot winner, taking home $176,288.66 after playing a $1 Born to BoopTM machine at Soboba Casino on October 25th. Hebron, a
quality control inspector from Temecula, plans on using the winnings to pay off her home, help her two children pay for college and for a vacation to Hawaii.
market, and creating a scholarship fund for students at the Art Institute of California Los Angeles.
The exciting Betty Boop progressive slot game features an initial one-hundred-thousand-dollar top award that grows the more the games are played. Betty Boop Slots have produced over $24,733,873.31 in top awards paid instantly to lucky players since their introduction in 1999. The Betty Boop jackpot can be hit at any one of the casinos throughout California that offer the Betty Boop games. In addition to the national Native American link that includes California and Connecticut, a statewide link in Nevada, Mississippi and one in Atlantic City offer separate area-wide progressive systems. Thrillions® is produced and operated by Bally Gaming and Systems.
Betty BoopTM ©2002 King Features Syndicate, Inc./Fleicher Studios, Inc. TMHearst Holdings, Inc./Fleischer Studios, Inc.
CORRECTION: In November’s issue we stated that Robin Leach would premiere the new Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous® MegaJackpotsTM slot at Sycuan Casino & Resort the week of November 18th. This was incorrect. We apologize for any inconvenience this inaccurate information caused our readers and Sycuan Casino & Resort and IGT. Look for news on these pages about the Southern California debut of this exciting new slot soon.
Three weeks later,
CJ Porter-Pelzer of
Marina Del Rey, California, lined up the winning symbols and hit the jackpot for $154,830.11 on a Betty Boop SwingtimeTM progressive slot
November 12th. (Look for both winners on page 22 of this issue.)
Porter-Pelzer, a Lead Assistant Director of Admissions at the Art Institute of California Los Angeles, just gave notice to her job last week and says the timing
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machine at the
Rincon Casino and Resort on
Harrah’s
for
the win couldn’t be any better. Her big plans include purchasing a new Ford
Thunderbird, investing stock
in the
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