Morongo Casino, Resort & Spa
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Morongo Casino, Resort & Spa is an Indian gaming casino, of the Morongo Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians
, located in Cabazon
, California
, USA, near San Gorgonio Pass
. The casino has 310 rooms and suites. A 44 acres (178,061.8 m²), 27-story resort, Morongo is one of the largest casinos in California. At 330 feet (101 m) high, the casino tower is the tallest building in the Inland Empire
.
four diamond casino resorts in California with Pechanga Resort and Casino
and The Chumash Casino being the others. Morongo's main casino floor is 148000 square feet (13,749.6 m²) with over 2,000 slots and table games.
Upon entering the casino, guests see a contemporary, retro-1960s interior. Light coves between overhead vaults, back-lit fabric draped between frames, and conically-shaped light fixtures create a complex, ornate ceiling above the casino floor.
The casino offers more than a hundred table games, including four-card poker, Ultimate Texas Hold'Em, blackjack
, pai gow poker
, mini-baccarat
, and three card poker
, as well as California-style craps
tables (dealt with cards rather than dice
) and a 22-table poker
room. High rollers can use a high-limit slot area with four table games and seven slots. The high-limit room also has a lounge with plasma TVs and complimentary food.
Morongo's hotel accommodates guests in 272 standard rooms, 32 double-bay suites, and six casitas, the latter of which are located on an upper level surrounding the pool. All accommodations come with plasma screen TVs and contemporary hardwood furniture.
Hotel guests have access to the resort's pool which has a swimming and wading pool, water slide, lazy river, and two spas surrounded by sandy beaches and palms. Sixteen private cabanas have private bar service, TVs, refrigerators, and lounge chairs.
Morongo's restaurants include the penthouse restaurant Cielo, Serrano (24-Hour Cafe), Bamboo, and the Potrero Canyon Buffet, offering five inviting stations of international cuisine. A food court and 24-hour room service offer convenient dining. Club 360, a bar at the top of the hotel tower, has panoramic views.
Guests must be 18 to gamble on the property.
Morongo Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians
The Morongo Band of Mission Indians is a federally recognized tribe. The main tribal groups are Cahuilla and Serrano. Other lineages include Cupeño and Luiseño Indians,. Although many tribes in California are known as Mission Indians, some, like those at Morongo, were never a part of the Spanish...
, located in Cabazon
Cabazon, California
Cabazon is a census-designated place in Riverside County, California, United States. The population was 2,535 at the 2010 census, up from 2,229 at the 2000 census.-History:...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, USA, near San Gorgonio Pass
San Gorgonio Pass
The San Gorgonio Pass el. cuts between the San Bernardino Mountains on the north and the San Jacinto Mountains to the south. Like the Cajon Pass to the northwest, it was also created by the San Andreas Fault...
. The casino has 310 rooms and suites. A 44 acres (178,061.8 m²), 27-story resort, Morongo is one of the largest casinos in California. At 330 feet (101 m) high, the casino tower is the tallest building in the Inland Empire
Inland Empire (California)
The Inland Empire is a region in Southern California. The region sits directly east of the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The Inland Empire most commonly is used in reference to the U.S. Census Bureau's federally-defined Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metropolitan area, which covers more than...
.
Facilities
Morongo is one of only three AAAAmerican Automobile Association
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four diamond casino resorts in California with Pechanga Resort and Casino
Pechanga Resort and Casino
Pechanga Resort and Casino is an Indian Casino on the Pechanga Indian Reservation in Temecula, California. Pechanga Resort and Casino is the largest casino in the state of California, with 3,400 slot machines and approximately of gaming space.-History:...
and The Chumash Casino being the others. Morongo's main casino floor is 148000 square feet (13,749.6 m²) with over 2,000 slots and table games.
Upon entering the casino, guests see a contemporary, retro-1960s interior. Light coves between overhead vaults, back-lit fabric draped between frames, and conically-shaped light fixtures create a complex, ornate ceiling above the casino floor.
The casino offers more than a hundred table games, including four-card poker, Ultimate Texas Hold'Em, blackjack
Blackjack
Blackjack, also known as Twenty-one or Vingt-et-un , is the most widely played casino banking game in the world...
, pai gow poker
Pai gow poker
Pai Gow poker is an Americanized version of Pai Gow . The games of Pai Gow poker and Super Pan-9 were created by Sam Torosian and Fred Wolf.The game is played with a standard 52-card deck, plus a single joker...
, mini-baccarat
Baccarat
Baccarat is a card game, played at casinos and by gamblers. It is believed to have been introduced into France from Italy during the reign of King Charles VIII , and it is similar to Faro and Basset...
, and three card poker
Three card poker
Poker played with three cards dates back to the origins of the game of poker. As a result it's as unclear as the origins of poker, but includes the 16th century British card game of Brag. Rules for three card poker are included in Hoyle's Rules of Games from 1983 along with a hi-low...
, as well as California-style craps
Craps
Craps is a dice game in which players place wagers on the outcome of the roll, or a series of rolls, of a pair of dice. Players may wager money against each other or a bank...
tables (dealt with cards rather than dice
Dice
A die is a small throwable object with multiple resting positions, used for generating random numbers...
) and a 22-table poker
Poker
Poker is a family of card games that share betting rules and usually hand rankings. Poker games differ in how the cards are dealt, how hands may be formed, whether the high or low hand wins the pot in a showdown , limits on bet sizes, and how many rounds of betting are allowed.In most modern poker...
room. High rollers can use a high-limit slot area with four table games and seven slots. The high-limit room also has a lounge with plasma TVs and complimentary food.
Morongo's hotel accommodates guests in 272 standard rooms, 32 double-bay suites, and six casitas, the latter of which are located on an upper level surrounding the pool. All accommodations come with plasma screen TVs and contemporary hardwood furniture.
Hotel guests have access to the resort's pool which has a swimming and wading pool, water slide, lazy river, and two spas surrounded by sandy beaches and palms. Sixteen private cabanas have private bar service, TVs, refrigerators, and lounge chairs.
Morongo's restaurants include the penthouse restaurant Cielo, Serrano (24-Hour Cafe), Bamboo, and the Potrero Canyon Buffet, offering five inviting stations of international cuisine. A food court and 24-hour room service offer convenient dining. Club 360, a bar at the top of the hotel tower, has panoramic views.
Guests must be 18 to gamble on the property.
See also
- Serrano (people)Serrano (people)The Serrano are a Native American tribe of present day California, United States. They use the autonyms of Taaqtam, meaning "people"; Maarenga'yam, "people from Morongo"; and Yuhaviatam, "people of the pines." The Serrano historically populated the San Bernardino Mountains and extended east into...
- Mission IndiansMission IndiansMission Indians is a term for many Native California tribes, primarily living in coastal plains, adjacent inland valleys and mountains, and on the Channel Islands in central and southern California, United States. The tribes had established comparatively peaceful cultures varying from 250 to 8,000...
- Native Americans in the United StatesNative Americans in the United StatesNative Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples in North America within the boundaries of the present-day continental United States, parts of Alaska, and the island state of Hawaii. They are composed of numerous, distinct tribes, states, and ethnic groups, many of which survive as...
- List of tallest buildings in the Inland Empire