From the Archives: Viejas reservation casino opened 30 years ago
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The Kumeyaay Indian Viejas Band opened a $ 4.5 million casino on the Interstate 8 settlement near Alpine 30 years ago.
The new $ 4.5 million casino and turf club opened yesterday on the Viejas Indian Reservation. It offers Pai Gow Poker, Seven Card Stud, and Texas Hold’em. Offers. Also features automatic “joker poker” machines and video slot machines. Thoroughbred Racetrack is beamed in year-round by satellites from Delmar, Hollywood Park, Los Alamitos and Bay Meadows. The plan is to complete the largest 52,000-square-foot Bingo Hall in the county next year. For 240 residents of the Viejas Settlement near Alpine, financial independence depends on success of new casino complex.
