California's Jamul Casino hosts topping-off ceremony for new hotel, shares renderings of 200-room tower

California’s Jamul Casino executive team celebrated the topping-off ceremony for the property's new hotel tower, placing the final beam on July 12th along with members of Jamul Indian Village Development Corporation (JIVDC) and the Jamul Indian Village Tribe.

The brand-new, 16-story hotel tower will feature 200 rooms, including 52 spacious suites, and "a curated collection of leisure experiences." The new tower is slated to open in the spring of 2025.

During the ceremony, the Jamul Casino executive team and Jamul Indian Village tribal members signed the final steel beam. Jamul Indian Village Tribal Elder Kenny Meza performed a traditional blessing of the building. Adorned with the Jamul Indian Village flag, the beam was then raised to the top of the tower, signifying the completion of a major construction phase.

Mary Cheeks, President and General Manager of Jamul Casino; Jamul Indian Village Tribal Council members Teresa Cousins and James Cuero; C.W. Driver Companies Senior Project Manager Brandon Silveira; and JCJ Architecture Senior Project Architect Stephen Frazier thanked the crowd for their support and spoke of the hotel's progress, its importance to Jamul Indian Village and what it will offer Jamul Casino's visitors. The day concluded with a luncheon to thank the construction workers building the hotel.

 
"After years of conceptualizing and planning, we are proud to mark this significant milestone in Jamul Casino's history," said Erica M. Pinto, Chairwoman of the Jamul Indian Village and Chairwoman of the JIVDC Board. "We are appreciative of our partners at C.W. Driver Companies as they help bring this vision to life, and we cannot wait to open the hotel doors and invite guests to experience it for themselves next year."

Originally imagined as "a crystalline jewel box floating against the Jamul mountains," the tribe hopes the hotel will “redefine the area's hospitality market.” Through this addition, Jamul Casino seeks to provide guests the ability to stay where they play, accessing the hotel and its offerings through "a climate-controlled, enclosed pedestrian sky bridge."

Among the amenities will be an approximately 4,800-square-foot restaurant with views of the surrounding area, retail space, meeting and banquet facilities. A full-service spa and salon with an outdoor deck, a fitness center, luxury guest rooms and suites for VIP guests, and an 11,000-square-foot rooftop pool deck with a jetted hot tub, cabanas, and a rooftop bar, are also part of the project.