Agua Caliente Casino Tijuana Mexico
- Hotel Agua Caliente Tijuana
- Agua Caliente Casino Tijuana Mexico
- Agua Caliente Casino Tijuana Mexico Border Crossing
Casino capacity: We are operating at 50 percent capacity to ensure social distancing measures.
The Agua Caliente resort remarkably had the world's richest golf tournament prizes and the richestracehorse purses in the world. It was the most lavish resort in the Western US, and rivaled the best in the world (gardens, healthspa, Olympic swimming pool, hot springs, etc). Agua Caliente Casinos in Palm Springs, Rancho Mirage, and Cathedral City are open! Guests are required to wear a face-covering and face-coverings are available upon request upon entry. Casino capacity: We are operating at 50 percent capacity to ensure social distancing measures. Tijuana is known for its live music and entertainment venues, and you can check out cultural spots such as Plaza Monumental de Playas, Centro Cultural Tijuana, and Fronton Jai Alai Palace. In addition, you might want to add Rosarito Beach and Agua Caliente Racetrack to your list. The Tijuana Agua Caliente Hotel and Casino. By Will Chandler. Built by three American sports promoters at a cost of over $1.5 million, Tijuana’s legendary Agua Caliente Hotel and Casino opened to the public on June 23, 1928.
Our top priority is to keep our guests, team members, and the Coachella Valley community safe during this time while providing an environment for you to still have an entertaining time.
As leaders in the entertainment industry, we take pride in leading the way by creating and maintaining the safest environment possible for our guests and team members.
We have taken the following steps to ensure your safety at all times while visiting one of our properties:
- Centralized guest entry and screening that includes state-of-the-art temperature kiosks for guests and team members.
- We are asking guests to stay home if experiencing any COVID-19 related symptoms such as cough, fever of 100.4 or higher, chills, shortness of breath, headache, sore throat and muscle pain, among other symptoms.
- We are requiring team members to stay home if experiencing any COVID-19 related symptoms such as cough, fever of 100.4 or higher, chills, shortness of breath, headache, sore throat and muscle pain, among other symptoms.
- Social distancing at a minimum of 6 feet. Chairs at table games will be reduced.
- All guests and team members are required to wear face-covering throughout the casinos.
- Increased and enhanced cleaning of all touch-point areas including restrooms, countertops, slot machines, door handles, etc.
- Our Agua Clean Teams will provide sanitation services throughout the casino on a constant basis and will available immediately upon guest requests.
- More hand-sanitizer stations throughout the casinos.
We believe our enhanced cleaning and sanitizing efforts will make all of our amenities and our gaming floor as clean and safe as possible. In addition, social distancing and face-coverings will enhance safety for everyone. Learn More
We appreciate your patience and your participation in these efforts so we can ensure your next visit to Agua Caliente Casinos a fun and memorable one!
To protect the health and safety of our guests, smoking will be temporarily prohibited.
The following area is closed at this time:
- Fitness Center Rancho Mirage
- Cascade Lounge Palm Springs
The following areas are open:
Gaming
- Slot Machines
- Table Games
- High Limit Rooms
- Poker Room Rancho Mirage
- Casino Beverage Service
- ACE Rewards and Promotions
Food & Beverage
Open Venues:
Agua Caliente Resort Casino Spa Rancho Mirage
- The Steakhouse
- Waters Café
- 360 Sports
- Java Caliente
- ACE Deli
- Jade
- La Olla
- The District
- Pívat Cigar Lounge
- WetBar
Agua Caliente Casino Palm Springs
- The Steakhouse
- Java Caliente
Agua Caliente Casino Cathedral City
- Café One Eleven
- 360 Sports
- Java Caliente
- Agave Caliente Tequila Bar
Hotel
- Valet Palm Springs and Rancho Mirage
- Resort Pool Rancho Mirage
Check-in procedures:
- We will continue to practice social distancing during check-ins
Amenities:
- Limited Room Service will be available
- Turndown service will not be provided until further notice
- The fitness center will remain closed
The Agua Caliente Casino and Hotel opened in 22 June 1928 in the Mexican city of Tijuana, Baja California. It was a lavish resort that included a casino, spa, championship golf and tennis facilities, its own airstrip, and a lot of entertainment. Stylistically, the resort was an amalgam of Mexican colonial, California mission, and neo-Islamic designs that ranged from mosaic minarets, to cozy guest bungalows, to steaming Turkish baths. It was designed by 19-year-old architect Wayne McAllister and built by Baron H. Long, Wirt G. Bowman and James N. Crofton. Some sources note the fourth partner was Abelardo L. Rodríguez, Military Commander and Governor of Baja California, and future Mexican President. The $2.5 million Agua Caliente racetrack opened in December 1929.
Drinking, gambling, and horse racing were illegal in neighboring California, so many wealthy Americans and Hollywood celebrities flocked to Agua Caliente. Rita Hayworth was discovered there while performing in a show. The films In Caliente and The Champ were filmed on location there. The highlight of the opulent casino was the Gold Room, where patrons could only bet using gold chips, with a rumored $500 minimum wager. Bugsy Siegel cited Agua Caliente as his inspiration for building the resort on what became the Las Vegas Strip.
Mexican PresidentLázaro Cárdenas outlawed gambling in 1935 and closed the resort. It became a state-run school, Escuela Preparatoria Federal Lázaro Cárdenas and eventually fell into disrepair. Remnants of the original buildings remain next to the Plaza Minarete strip center at the end of Avenida Sanchez Taboada. Although the casino and hotel were closed, the racetrack continued to operate for many years. The original grandstand structure was destroyed by fire in 1971, but was rebuilt and continues to operate today as the Agua Caliente Racetrack and casino, a branch of the Casino Caliente chain.
See also[edit]
Hotel Agua Caliente Tijuana
References[edit]
The Agua Caliente Story: Remembering Mexico's Legendary Racetrack, David Jimenez Beltran (Blood-Horse Publications: Lexington, Kentucky) 2004
The Leisure Architecture of Wayne McAllister, Chris Nichols (Gibbs Smith, Publisher: Layton, Utah) 2007 [1]