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6/25/2019 San Manuel Casino reveals more details about forthcoming hotel – San Bernardino Sun THINGS TO DOCASINOS San Manuel Casino reveals more details about forthcoming hotel The casino has already made several changes as part of its $550 million expansion and is on the cusp of completing its first big phase, its parking garage. San Manuel Casino is currently in the midst of a multi-year, multi-phase $550 million expansion that will give it a parking garage, event center, hotel and new restaurants. (File(File photophoto byby RachelRachel Luna,Luna, TheThe Sun/SCNG)Sun/SCNG) By ALEX GROVES || [email protected] || TheThe Press-EnterprisePress-Enterprise PUBLISHED: June 25, 2019 at 9:05 am || UPDATED:UPDATED: June 25, 2019 at 9:12 am https://www.sbsun.com/2019/06/25/san-manuel-casino-reveals-more-details-about-forthcoming-hotel/?utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_sour… 1/4 6/25/2019 San Manuel Casino reveals more details about forthcoming hotel – San Bernardino Sun San Manuel Casino is eyeing the second quarter of 2021 to have a 450-room hotel, restaurants and a 3,000 seat event center all completed, San Manuel Casino General Manager Peter Arceo said. Arceo, who spoke to Southern California News Group during a recent tour of the casino’s new high limit room, provided an update on the casino’s $550 million multi-phase, multi-year expansion and some of the elements that will be a part of that.that. ADVERTISING Sign up for our Casino Insider newsletter andand getget thethe week’sweek’s bestbest betsbets forfor food,food, entertainment and fun at Southern California’s casinos. Subscribe here.. The general manager said the complex’s 2,200-stall parking structure, already well underway, will be completed later this year and that land located behind the parking garage and casino would become the site of the event center, restaurants and hotel. Second quarter of 2021 is a more specific time frame for when the hotel might be completed. When the expansion got underway in July 2018,, itit waswas announcedannounced thatthat thethe parkingparking garagegarage wouldwould bebe completedcompleted inin 20192019 andand thethe eventevent centercenter wouldwould bebe completed in 2021, but no specific date was given for when the hotel and restaurants, said to be the final phase of the expansion, would be completed. https://www.sbsun.com/2019/06/25/san-manuel-casino-reveals-more-details-about-forthcoming-hotel/?utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_sour… 2/4 6/25/2019 San Manuel Casino reveals more details about forthcoming hotel – San Bernardino Sun As the Highland area casino’s expansion has gotten underway, several smaller projects have also been completed. The casino has renovated its Tukut Lounge,, has opened a new smoke-free slots area onon thethe firstfirst floorfloor andand hashas openedopened thethe newnew high limit gaming space, The Vault Gaming & Provisions.. A high limit room on the first floor, which closed with the opening of The Vault, will be redesigned and reopened as two separate spaces — one high limit slots room and one high limit table games room. Arceo said the look for those spaces is still being designed. “What I can tell you is that we’re aiming for a more elevated experience than what you see here (The Vault),” Arceo said. “So you can only imagine what that would be like and we’re taking the same approach where the entire team is working cross functionally on that program so everyone from food and beverage to table games to slots are all contributing.” READ MORE aboutabout SanSan ManuelManuel CasinoCasino Gaming: The Vault Gaming & Provisions || Smoke-free slots area || Blazing 7’s Blackjack arenaGrowth: $550 Million ExpansionPersonnel changes: Loren Gill || Peter Arceo || Kenji HallDining and drinks: Rock & Brews musical brunch || Collection 86 || JBQ || Chingon Kitchen || Tukut Lounge Alex Groves Alex Groves writes about casinos for the entertainment team at Southern California News Group. He started his rst full-time gig as a breaking news https://www.sbsun.com/2019/06/25/san-manuel-casino-reveals-more-details-about-forthcoming-hotel/?utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_sour… 3/4 6/26/2019 Public input vital for Highland/Redlands bikeway project | Public Works | highlandnews.net Race over to Willow Springs Click Here International Raceway Come Visit! BREAKING https://www.highlandnews.net/news/public_works/public-input-vital-for-highland-redlands-bikeway- project/article_73748d28-9767-11e9-86bf-6fb9b308bfd5.html FEATURED Public input vital for Highland/Redlands bikeway project The cities of Highland and Redlands continue collecting public input for bicycle and pedestrian trail to cross Santa Ana River at Orange Street. Hector Hernandez Jr. Jun 25, 2019 Updated 22 hrs ago https://www.highlandnews.net/news/public_works/public-input-vital-for-highland-redlands-bikeway-project/article_73748d28-9767-11e9-86bf-6fb9b308… 1/6 6/26/2019 Public input vital for Highland/Redlands bikeway project | Public Works | highlandnews.net Courtesy city of Highland On Thursday, June 20, the cities of Highland and Redlands held the third in a series of public meetings aimed at collecting public input and citizen support for the Highland Redlands Regional Connector Trail for bicyclists and pedestrians, support project leaders say is vital to winning additional grants needed to widen the project’s scope to more than a basic commuter system. Thursday’s meeting, held at the Redlands Senior Center, was the rst in Redlands, and it drew the attendance of approximately 20 people, about half of them recreational cyclists. The rst two meetings were held at Beattie Middle School and Arroyo Verde Elementary in Highland and https://www.highlandnews.net/news/public_works/public-input-vital-for-highland-redlands-bikeway-project/article_73748d28-9767-11e9-86bf-6fb9b308… 2/6 6/26/2019 Public input vital for Highland/Redlands bikeway project | Public Works | highlandnews.net drew a total of 45 attendees, according to Dennis Barton, principal project manager for city of Highland. The project, four years in the making, aims to connect the extensive bikeways and trails systems in each of the cities by constructing a trail crossing the Santa Ana River at Orange Street. While outlining the project’s design and status, Highland City Engineer Earnest Wong shared that approximately $4 million in federal and state funding has been obtained for the project. Most of that, $3,636,000, came from an Active Transportation Program grant awarded in October 2015. The project will create a continuous bikeway/walkway from Arroyo Verde Elementary at Church and Love streets in Highland to Citrus Valley High School at Pioneer and Texas streets in Redlands. It will feature class 2 bikeways (painted bike lane) on Glenheather Drive and on Orange Street from Tonner Drive south to Greenspot Road. The majority of the trail Orange Street south of Greenspot to Domestic Avenue and on Domestic west to Citrus Valley⎯ will feature a class 1 bikeway and pedestrian trails, separated from vehicle trac. ⎯ Arroyo Verde Elementary, Beattie Middle School, Israel Beal Park and Citrus Valley High School will be the major designations making biking to work and school safer and more convenient. City leaders are hoping will entice Redlands residents to explore Highland and vise versa while recreational riding. The trail will also connect to the Santa Ana River trail allowing cyclists and hikers to explore as far west as the sea. https://www.highlandnews.net/news/public_works/public-input-vital-for-highland-redlands-bikeway-project/article_73748d28-9767-11e9-86bf-6fb9b308… 3/6 6/26/2019 Public input vital for Highland/Redlands bikeway project | Public Works | highlandnews.net One of the main, and most expensive, features is a pedestrian bridge crossing Plunge Creek along the east side of Orange Street bridge. The prefabricated bridge is expected to cost up to $1 million and will be installed with enough separation to allow for future widening of the vehicle bridge. The bicyclists in attendance expressed strong support for the project saying it was vital from a bicyclists’ safety point of view as the area oers no ideal route for cyclists to traverse north and south of the river. Cyclists use Greenspot Road on the east, which is considered dangerous, and Mountain View Avenue about 10 miles to the west, the cyclists said. According to Wong, the project is about 30 percent through the design phase, two years into its environmental process and is expected to be completed by 2020. The project is funded for the trail and bikeways, but, due to the more informed scope and rising construction costs since preliminary estimates were made more than four years ago, additional funds will be needed to give the trail the features desired to make it more appealing for recreational users. Project is need of an additional $2.5 million to $3 million in order to include all the features desired by the community and the cities, said Barton. “On the practical side, we will build what we can aord, but that is not what we want. We want to get more funds so we can build everything the community wants,” Barton said. The project leaders have collected more than 50 recommendations from residents during the rst three meetings. They include trail lighting, speed limits for bicyclists, water stations, interpretive trail signs, way-nding signs and special trail surfaces for bicyclists and joggers. Cyclists also recommended the city consider ways to keep sand and gravel o the trail, particularly where the trail crosses the entrances to local mining facilities. Wong and Barton each emphasized the importance of public attendance and participation during the outreach meetings in strengthening the project’s bid for grants, asking that people continue attending the meetings and submitting comments. https://www.highlandnews.net/news/public_works/public-input-vital-for-highland-redlands-bikeway-project/article_73748d28-9767-11e9-86bf-6fb9b308… 4/6 6/26/2019 Public input vital for Highland/Redlands bikeway project | Public Works | highlandnews.net The next meeting is scheduled for 10 a.m.