In addition to all the above, there’s also a spa and an 18-hole golf course. In fact, did just that and still didn’t get to all of it. There’s so much to do at Pechanga, you could spend 24 hours there and never set foot off the property. Like Vegas, Pechanga gets people there for a variety of reasons: to gamble, to see a show, attend an event such as its s pectacular over-the-top microbrew festival, even groups there for bachlorette parties. The hotel rooms are nice, plush and the size of rooms in most Vegas hotels.

The hotel lobby is stylishly decorated at Pechanga. Pechanga’s Comedy Club gets in acts that tour the country and have been featured on on HBO. The Eagle’s Nest is Pechanga’s nightclub. There’s even a few high-end shops adjacent to the casino. Third, it has the same “ding, ding, ding” sound of all casinos and it’s full – and I mean full on weekends – of people playing from daytime well into the early morning hours.įourth, it has restaurants (a whopping 11 of them in fact), bars, a nightclub, a comedy club that becomes a live music venue, a live music venue with touring bands (Alice Cooper, Earth Wind & Fire) and a hotel with spacious rooms that look nearly identical to Las Vegas hotel rooms. The Pechanga casino floor is buzzing with activity and gamblers. And, just like in Vegas casinos, it’s easy to get turned around inside so sometimes you find yourself pinwheeling in circles until you find a sign pointing you to what you are looking for to get you headed in that direction. It also has a gambling floor bigger than even the MGM in Vegas. This beautiful entrance from the north parking lot sets the tone for a nice experience at Pechanga. Pechanga is a lot nicer than you might imagine it to be for a casino on an Indian reservation (it certainly was for me, I’ll put it that way). Secondly, it’s plush, like a nice Vegas resort and casino. First of all, it’s an hour and a half from downtown Los Angeles and about two hours from Santa Monica and even San Diego. Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula is closer to Vegas than you may think and in more ways than one.

Well you could be there in about two hours. Wouldn’t it be great if we were there now!?” Gambling, Bars, A Nightclub, Live Entertainment & Hotel Are Within A Two-Hour Drive Of Los Angeles This beautiful bar is in a circle on the casino floor at Pechanga Resort.īy Kevin Wilkerson, Travel BloggerĪt some point in time, this always happens when people from Southern California hop in the car, SUV or whatever and make the four- to five-hour drive across the 15 freeway to Las Vegas.Ībout two hours into the trip you say (or someone else says) “wouldn’t it be awesome if Vegas were just a little closer to us.

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