Harrah’s Resort in Valley Center announced Monday that it would reopen May 22. Viejas was the first to reopen, but Sycuan Casino Resort in El Cajon plans to reopen on Wednesday, and Valley View Casino & Resort in Valley Center is scheduled to welcome guests on Friday. The tribes who run the casinos have sovereign authority and are within their rights to plan their own reopening - a fact both local and state officials have acknowledged. The county plans to closely monitor any potential outbreaks that may originate from the gaming venues. Warth and Winkley write for the San Diego Union-Tribune.She added that she had not yet seen a reopening plan specific to Viejas. San Diego County officials had opposed the casino’s plans to reopen, but by late last week said they recognized tribal nations’ sovereign rights and would not stand in their way. Newsom said he recognized their sovereign right, but also had asked them to remain closed in the spirit of “sovereign-to-sovereign engagement” until surrounding jurisdictions had entered the next reopening phase, which would include casinos. Gavin Newsom of their intention to reopen casinos last week. “Today, it didn’t work out.”īurton said he felt the casino was safe and clean inside, and he plans to return regularly. “I wanted to go see that same machine to see if it would give me any more,” he said as he left the casino. We’re making it like a mini-vacay.”Įl Cajon resident Dean Burton, 59, said he was on a winning streak at Viejas when the virus hit, so he made plans to return as soon as he heard of the reopening. “We held to quarantine to a T for two months. “We just needed a break, to get out, so we figured the first day would be the cleanest, safest day to go,” he said. Raul Fierro of Orange County was among the guests who had booked a room for him and his family at the casino’s hotel. By about 9:30 a.m., the four-story parking garage at Viejas had empty spaces only on the top deck.

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