Corporate Profile for Viejas Enterprises, dated Dec. 22, 2000.Business Editors --(BUSINESS WIRE) The following Corporate Profile is available for inclusion in your files. News releases for this client are distributed by Business Wire and also become part of the leading databases and online services, including all of the leading Internet-based services. -0-
Published Date: Dec. 22, 2000
Company Name: Viejas Enterprises
Address: 5000 Willows Road
Alpine, CA 91901
Main Telephone
Number: 619/445-5400
Internet Home
Page Address
(URL) www.viejas.com
President: Robert J. Watkins
V.P. of Finance: Drake Harris
Public Relations
Contact: Jennifer Tucker
Business number: 619/659-1731
E-mail address: jtucker@viejas.com
Industry: Tribal Government Gaming & Other Enterprises
Company description: Viejas Enterprises is wholly owned by the Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians, a federally recognized tribal government. Viejas Enterprises includes the Viejas Casino, the Viejas Outlet Center, Ma-Tar-Awa Recreational Vehicle Park, and Alpine RV Park. All are located on the Viejas Reservation in Alpine, Calif., 30 minutes east of downtown San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. . The Viejas Band also owns majority interest in the Borrego Springs Bank, a leading originator of small business loans. Viejas Casino's 238,000 square feet make it the largest gaming complex in San Diego County. Viejas Casino offers 2,000 slot machines, blackjack blackjack, one of the world's most widely played gambling card games; also known as twenty-one or vingt-et-un. Despite contesting claims between the French and Italians, its origins are unknown. , poker poker, card game, believed to have originated in Asia and first played in the United States in the 19th cent. A traditional cutthroat gambling game at first, it is now also an internationally popular social pastime. , pai gow, bingo, off-track wagering wa·ger n. 1. a. An agreement under which each bettor pledges a certain amount to the other depending on the outcome of an unsettled matter. b. A matter bet on; a gamble. 2. , and national entertainment acts. The venue's restaurants -- the Grove Steakhouse, Harvest Buffet, Sunrise Diner diner, restaurant resembling the railroad dining car that is its source. In the mid-19th cent., the first dining cars that appeared on trains were nothing more than an empty car with a fastened-down table. George M. , Mezz Deli & Lounge, and China Camp Express -- offer a tempting variety of food and dining experiences. Adjacent to the casino is the Viejas Outlet Center -- a one-of-a-kind, open-air shopping, dining and entertainment destination based on the design and architecture of a Native American village. Shoppers enjoy 57 brand name factory outlet stores An outlet store or factory outlet is a retail store in which manufacturers sell their stock directly to the public through their own branded stores. The stores can be can be brick and mortar or online. , set on 37 acres with 255,000 square feet of themed retail shopping space. Each evening in the center's show court, visitors are treated to a spectacular seasonal water show choreographed to music, lasers, lights, pyrotechnics pyrotechnics (pī'rōtĕk`nĭks, pī'rə–), technology of making and using fireworks. Gunpowder was used in fireworks by the Chinese as early as the 9th cent. and music, and admission is free. For more information about the Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians or Viejas Enterprises, call 619/445-5400 or check the Web site at viejas.com. |
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