The Valley View Casino & Hotel in Valley Center, San Diego County reopened on January 17 after an 11-day facelift that accomplished in that time what other renovations often take months to do.
The casino, owned and operated by the San Pasqual Band of Mission Indians, made the risky gamble of closing the entire facility for 11 days and to do the work around the clock seven days a week.
General Manager Bruce Howard declared on January 16 during a press briefing hours before the casino reopened, “What we did is precedent setting. We took six months of work and telescoped it into 11 days.”
He also commented, “We’ve decided to do all of this in 11 days instead of inconveniencing our customers with six months or more of constant stop-and-go construction that continuously interrupts their fun.”
The casino described the process as a “head-to-toe remodel” that involved basically gutting the casino and replacing the carpets and stands and chairs for the 2,000 slots while adding 45 new choices to the existing buffet menu of over 200 items.
Even the enormous fish tank next to the high-end steak house Black & Blue was emptied out, cleaned, the gravel replaced, and the fish put back in, without a fatality.
