Formerly known as San Manuel Casino, the venue is set to hold a grand opening ceremony for its new luxury resort on December 13.Īccording to the tribe, the acquisition of The Palms represents “the next phase of San Manuel’s long-term diversification strategy,” while having the potential to be a generational asset for the tribe. The 700-room resort marks the tribe’s first hotel-casino beyond its flagship Yaamava’ Resort and Casino, in Southern California. The tribe first announced in May that it was buying The Palms for $650 million from Red Rock Resorts, which had previously purchased the venue from the Maloof family for $312.5 million, in 2016. “As soon as licensing occurs, we’ll be out in the community hiring.” “We are a very small team right now until licensing and we have launched a website to get former Palms employees to make contact with us,” Kiser Murphey explained. Moreover, she said the casino is looking to add more than 1,200 jobs. “And we are honored to potentially join and contribute to its community and its legacy.”Ĭynthia Kiser Murphey, appointed earlier this year as Palms General Manager, said they are eager to get their license and look forward to bringing the property back to life, according to 8 News Now. “We know that Las Vegas is and will always be the gaming and entertainment hub of North America,” Latisha Casas, the chair of the tribe’s gaming and hospitality authority, told the board, according to Las Vegas Review-Journal. The recommendation is now to be considered for final approval by the Nevada Gaming Commission on December 16. The body recommended the San Manuel Gaming and Hospitality Authority, a subsidiary of the tribal nation that would operate the venue, be licensed to acquire the resort.

The Nevada Gaming Control Board’s voting in favor of the tribe was unanimous. The San Manuel Indian Tribe now expects to reopen the Palms resort in the spring of 2022. Gaming executives with the tribe described the meeting with the board as “historic,” as it marks the first-ever Native American tribe to own and operate a hotel-casino in Las Vegas. The tribe is set to acquire the property from Station Casinos for $650 million dollars. The Nevada Gaming Control Board recommended on Wednesday the California's San Manuel Indian Tribe purchase of the Palms Casino Resort near the Vegas Strip be approved.

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