The Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians is changing the name of the Spa Resort Casino in Palm Springs to Agua Caliente Casino Palm Springs, the same as its sister property: Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa Rancho Mirage.
The logos the two properties will share have three desert fan palms rising from the hot springs that give the area its name. This is the latest of a series of changes that the tribe’s properties have been transitioning through in the last few years.
Five years ago the tribe closed the Palm Springs spa and hotel and plan to replace it with a cultural center that will open next year. It converted an open parking lot with a enclosed parking structure. It is renovating the Oasis Buffet and will replace it with the Java Caliente Café.
The Rancho Mirage property opened a cigar lounge in November, added a sports lounge and a casino bar located in the center while updating its steak restaurant. Last month it opened a food court and refreshed its high limit table games room.
Agua Caliente’s Vice President of Marketing Michael Facenda told the Press-Enterprise, “It was at a point in time where, we felt it made sense to let everybody in the market know that Agua Caliente has two wonderfully positioned properties in the Coachella Valley that basically offer all the same amenities, all the options you could possibly look for — a resort getaway in many senses.” He added, “And it made sense for us at this point to pull those two names together and let people know that they are two great places operated and owned by the Agua Caliente tribe.”
The Palm Springs property started as a tent in 1995 and became a brick and mortar operation in 2003.
The Rancho Mirage casino opened in 2001 and added a 340-room hotel tower in 2008. An arts center, The Show, opened the next year.
