Beer lovers can choose from 15 domestic, import and craft bottled brews, or if wine is your preferred beverage there will be nine wines by the glass on the menu. The new Poolside Café & Bar offers cocktails, wine and beer along with food. Seating areas with fireplaces are situated throughout the pool complex. Day passes are available for non-hotel guests based on room occupancy for $25 on weekends and $20 during the week. On show days the pool will close at 5 p.m. except on nights where there are concerts. The pools, which officially opened Saturday, May 19, before a concert by Sammy Hagar & The Circle, are open daily from 8 a.m.

Unlike the new pool at Pechanga Resort & Casino which is open to all ages, the pool area at Pala is restricted to guests ages 21 and up and is adjacent to the Starlight Theater where concerts are held.īembenek said the goal was to create a relaxing environment with good energy allowing guests to totally decompress and enjoy the beauty of the Mount Palomar foothills as a backdrop. The result is the new area - coined Tourmaline Pools - which features five pools and two hot tubs as well as 14 cabanas on the perimeter of the pool complex.

“Our core demographic is a little older than other casinos so the new pool complex is not designed to be a party pool.” “We really studied the whole pool concept and wanted to do something unique,” Bill Bembenek, Pala’s chief executive officer said in a telephone interview. Plenty of Southern California casinos have revamped their pools in recent years aiming for an adult audience, but Pala Casino Spa & Resort wanted something a little different than a Las Vegas-style party scene.

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