After trying sand mining, growing vineyard grapes and swap meets, gaming came to the forefront and stuck. Just a little over 20 years ago, the Tribal owners and operators of what’s now the largest resort/casino on the West Coast looked for something, anything that would offer self-sustainability and self-reliance to their people. The expansion will have its official opening on 22 December.Discover the excitement and pleasure of the #1 casino in America, where winning is in the air and anything can happen! The Pechanga Resort & Casino first opened in 2002 and was designed – by Delawie architects – to highlight the Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians' culture.ĭelawie has also designed the new expansion, with Lifescapes International acting as the pool and landscape architects. “This development will build upon the quality and reputation of the original resort and continue our Tribe’s entrepreneurial spirit for future generations,” said Mark Macarro, tribal chair. Signature treatments will feature plants and flowers considered integral to healing by Pechanga tribal members. The spa menu will feature a range of massages, facials, body scrubs and skin treatments, with suppliers including French-based product house GM Collin. There will also be a large health and fitness club and and a full-service nail and hair salon. Featuring 17 treatment rooms, facilities at the 25,000sq ft (2,320sq m) Spa Pechanga will include a wet area with steamroom, sauna, private pool with cabana massage services, spa pool and two indoor hydrotherapy pools.

The work on the resort – which is owned by the Pechanga Band of Luiseño native Americans – includes a new hotel tower, which will increase the number of rooms at the property to 1,090.Īt the centre of the expansion is a new, two-storey luxury spa.

Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, California, is in the final phase of a US$285m (€240m, £212m) expansion which will see it become the largest casino resort in the state.

Pechanga casino resort and spa