The $36 million project broke ground in early 2012 and the building was topped out in November 2012. Plans were scaled back slightly resulting in a 5-story hotel with 128 rooms consisting of 99 deluxe rooms and 29 luxury suites. On August 31, 2011, the Viejas tribe announced plans to add a 150-room luxury hotel to the casino. A spa and saltwater pool will also be included. The new hotel tower will be adults only (21+) and have 159 suites. The addition of a new hotel is expected to be completed by the January 2018. A poker room was added in early 2016 but was later removed. That expansion project was never completed, but as of November 17, 2015, the Viejas Casino and Resort has a newly renovated non-smoking casino area, a 5-story parking garage, and an expanded section of the hotel which was officially opened on October 30, 2015. In 2007, the Viejas tribe announced an $800 million expansion project including a second casino, hotel, and parking garage. In 2006, a $19 million project to remodel the casino was completed. Six years later, a new bingo room was built east of the casino. The bingo room was moved inside the casino from the RV resort in 1994. The Viejas Casino opened its doors on September 13, 1991. In 1977, the Viejas Bingo Room opened in the Ma Tar Awa RV Park on the Viejas reservation.

The Viejas tribe is one of seven California tribes that signed a modified compact with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger granting unlimited slot machines in return for higher payments to the state. In 1932, The Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians purchased the reservation with their share of proceeds from a forced eviction from the area now containing El Capitan Reservoir. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. Opened in March 2013, the original hotel had 128 rooms an expansion was completed in October 2015 with the opening of an additional hotel tower with 109 deluxe rooms and luxury suites increasing hotel accommodations to a total of 237 rooms and suites. The casino has over 2,000 slot machines, up to 86 table games, three restaurants, a deli, bingo, an off-track betting facility, lounge, concert venues and multiple indoor and outdoor meeting spaces. Viejas Casino and Resort is a hotel casino and outlet center owned by the Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians, located in Alpine, California.

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