After the original bingo hall opened in 1986, a floor for card games and 300 slot machines was added in 1994, followed by an addition in 2001 that boosted the number of slot machines into the thousands. The casino, operated by the tribe’s San Manuel Entertainment Authority, has evolved over the last 35 years.

There are no plans to change the name of the restaurants or other venues, Vosloo said. “That said, we are pretty realistic in understanding that a lot of people who have been part of San Manuel Casino’s journey may keep calling by its old name for a while.” “We have already begun changing signage over and aim to have it completed in the next few weeks,” he added. San Manuel Band of Mission Indians may also be used in place of San Manuel Casino.Ī major rebrand like this will take time, Vosloo said. With yucca plant fronds forming a ‘Y’ in a woven basket pattern, the Yaamava’ logo symbolizes the San Manuel band’s local history while paying homage to its culture and heritage.Īs the rebrand pertains to the tribe’s sports, stadium and arena partners, where visitors saw San Manuel Casino before, they now will see Yaamava’ Resort & Casino at San Manuel, Vosloo said.

Sign up for our Casino Insider newsletter and get the week’s best bets for food, entertainment and fun at Southern California’s casinos. The rebrand in San Bernardino County includes a new visual identity and logo inspired by the ancestral lands of the Serrano people, tribal officials said in a statement about the new branding. “This isn’t welcoming guests to a business, this is welcoming guests to tribal homeland.” “How are the gaming revenues, the gaming facilities, the gaming employment really enhancing the tribal community and the region and the community around the tribe? It’s a very different way of understanding gaming and welcoming guests,” Spilde said. Kate Spilde, chair of the Sycuan Institute on Tribal Gaming at San Diego State University, said renaming a destination spot with 35 years of brand equity is an example of the Serrano tribe “bringing their culture and language forward and emphasizing the ‘tribal’ in tribal gaming and really establishing and reminding guests that this is tribal land.” “Ultimately their values led them to this decision.”

But it was so important to the tribe to be able to honor their ancestral lands and culture. Vosloo added: “It’s not usually a clear-cut decision to sunset one brand and introduce another, especially when the original has a strong reputation and so much heritage.

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