The Entertainment Authority completed phase one of a $760-million expansion at Yaamava’ in late July, adding two new gaming floors, 1,500 slot machines, three bars, a new high-limit room, new restaurants and three luxury retail shops. “(Officials) know that if the employees are happy and excited and feel like they’re taken care of, they’re going to do that to their customers,” San Manuel Band of Mission Indians CEO Laurens Vosloo said. But there will be similarities, primarily a focus on the guest and worker experience. Casino executives say the Palms and Yaamava’ will run like different properties serving different audiences. The tribe’s Entertainment Authority is set to debut the former San Manuel Casino as a full-fledged resort, Yaamava’ Resort and Casino, when the property’s first on-site hotel opens at the end of the year.
As the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians prepares to open what will be its second hotel-casino, the Palms in Las Vegas, the tribe continues to transform its first. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Calif. The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians is in the process of buying the Palms, with the deal expected to close later this year. A view of the Yaamava' Resort & Casino, formerly the San Manuel Casino, in Highland, Calif., on Thursday, Sept.
