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Agua Caliente Casino Cathedral City Welcomes Haute Chile to the Agave Caliente Terraza
Agua Caliente Casino Cathedral City’s first major concert event, Haute Chile, the high-energy and high-fashion show band, performs on Saturday, August 7th, at 9 p.m. for an exclusive one-night event. The performance is free of charge, with priority seating reserved for ACE Club members. ACE Club
members can claim two free tickets; first come, first Casino Cathedral City ACE Club.
“We are so excited to bring Haute Chile to our Agave Caliente Terraza stage as one of our first concert events,” said Monica Reeves, Director of Entertainment, Agua Caliente Casinos.“This will be a performance not to be missed, mixing the best of Jazz, Motown, Latin, Disco, show-stopping choreography, and an amazing visual and musical performance.”
Agave Caliente Terraza is a versatile 12,000 sq. foot outdoor event space overlooking the San Jacinto Mountains with weekly live entertainment and events. Events currently ongoing at Agave Caliente Terraza include Cornhole Touraments on Wednesdays,
SIycuan Casino Resort Unveils Giant Bingo Ball Art Installation
served. Ticket pickup is available at the Agua Caliente
starting August 1st at 6 p.m., Oasis De Noche Latin Dance Party with Nacho Bustillos and Quinto Menguante on Fridays, 9 p.m. to 1:30 a.m., and Super Sonído with Alf Alpha & Friends, DJ and dancing on Saturdays, 7 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.
Agua Caliente Casino Cathedral City opened in November 2020 and consists of over 30,000 sq. feet of gaming, including the latest slots and player favorite table games. The outdoor Agave Caliente Terraza sets the property apart with live entertainment, special events, and community gatherings, all with an amazing view of the desert landscape and picturesque
mountains. The property also boasts Café One Eleven, a three-meal dine-in restaurant, 360 Sports Bar with state-of-the-art sights and sounds, the 24-hour Java Caliente coffee shop, and Agave Caliente Tequila Bar.
The Agua Caliente Casinos are owned and operated by the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, which also owns the world-renowned Indian Canyons and Tahquitz Canyon hiking trails, and the Indian Canyons Golf Resort.
n July, Sycuan Casino Resort unveiled five giant hand-painted bingo balls to commemorate the Tribe’s rich Martinez, Chairman, Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay bingo history and celebrate the future of gaming with its new partnership with award-winning mobile game Nation. “Over the years, we have grown and evolved developer PLAYSTUDIOS. Each of the one-of-a-kind bingo balls features a hand-painted design created by tremendously, but it’s important to always remember
local ArtWalk San Diego artists. The eye-catching art installation will be featured throughout the property at Sycuan for several months.
where we came from and how we started. This art installation is a small way for us to acknowledge our history, while also looking to the bright future that lies ahead. We are very proud to partner with PLAYSTUDIOS and ArtWalk San Diego to feature these beautiful one-of-a-kind pieces created by local artists throughout our resort.”
Each of the bingo ball numbers were carefully selected to represent the casino’s opening on November 23, 1983, and the celebration of 38 years in business this November.
“Team ArtWalk is proud to have partnered with Sycuan for several years as a sponsor of our Little Italy Festival,” said Sandi Cottrell, Director at
ArtWalk San Diego.“We were delighted that Sycuan picked our organization to help with this exciting art project. After sending out a request for proposals, we were thrilled to receive many strong concepts from ArtWalk participating artists. The artists that Sycuan selected represent a wide variety of artistic styles and will create terrific photo backdrops for guests at the property.”
The local Southern California artists and their corresponding bingo balls are Jen Duran, B11; Carolyn Johnson, I23; Justin Coopersmith, N38; Carl Knutson, Jr., G19; and Angelica LaBrake, O83.
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In 1983, the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation opened a one-room Bingo Palace on their tribal reservation, the first bingo parlor in all of Southern California. After the Tribe’s massive initial success, they expanded their gaming operation, transforming it into the property it is today, a multimillion-dollar casino and resort destination.
Even decades later, bingo remains one of Sycuan’s most popular casino games. Sycuan’s new partnership with PLAYSTUDIOS unites the past and future of
the iconic bingo experience. Bingo fans can now enjoy a high energy throwback to classic bingo when they download and play the latest mobile gaming app from PLAYSTUDIOS, myVEGAS Bingo.
The myVEGAS Bingo app lets players combine the rush of jackpot-style bingo with an innovative social experience that allows them to create and join their own bingo clubs, compete in tournaments, and trade collectible tokens that are won throughout the game. myVEGAS Bingo joins a lineup of PLAYSTUDIOS
games that includes myVEGAS Slots, POP! Slots, my KONAMI Slots, and myVEGAS Blackjack; all of which are supported by the ground-breaking playAWARDS loyalty platform that allows players to accumulate loyalty points that can be redeemed for real-world rewards from a growing lineup of travel, leisure, lifestyle, and entertainment brands, including Sycuan Casino Resort.
“Several decades ago, we opened our first Bingo Palace on the Sycuan Reservation,” said Cody
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Angelica LaBrake, artist of Sycuan Bingo Ball O83
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