Casino Enterprise Management

Barona Resort & Casino announced today that Greg Liggett has been promoted to casino manager. A gaming industry veteran of more than 33 years, Liggett’s past work experience has included executive management positions at casinos across the nation.

Over 200 of the latest and most popular slot machines have been unveiled at Barona Resort & Casino and they are already a big hit with players. “Our Barona Loose Troop™ has been getting great feedback from guests on the games they want to try out and the slot machines they want to see more of,” said Chuck Hickey, vice president of slot operations at Barona.

With Barona’s new Magic Progressive, players can place a side wager on their hand or the dealer’s hand for a chance to win the growing progressive in addition to the main table bet. The G3 Progressive Jackpot and Bonusing System, supplied by DEQ Systems Corp., links table games including Let It Ride, Caribbean Stud, Mississippi Stud, three-card poker and four-card poker.

San Diego’s Barona Resort & Casino is betting that its new marketing relationship with two world-class resorts, The Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino and The Palazzo Resort-Hotel-Casino in Las Vegas, will be a big winner with its exclusive Club Barona members as well as draw a full-house of new Las Vegas casino guests to San Diego.

Could your ATM card use a summer vacation from fees?  The Barona Loose Troop™ has announced that Barona will “loosen” its ATM machines during the months of June and July so that guests can make no fee withdrawals. “Here at Barona we know that every dollar counts to you even while you are out having fun and getting away from it all,” said Rick Salinas, general manager of Barona Resort & Casino.

After winning hands-down approval from its customers, Barona Resort & Casino announced plans today to further expand its chipless table gaming area. Always on the cutting edge of the gaming industry, Barona’s General Manager Rick Salinas says, “chipless table games truly will be the future for all casino floors around the world and we are proud that Barona was one of the first to launch it.”

Ranked as one of the top courses in California, Barona Creek Golf Club at Barona Resort & Casino has been selected as the San Diego host facility for the United States Golf Association's (USGA) 2010 U.S. Open first stage qualifying event on May 10, 2010. The day following the U.S. Open qualifier, Barona Creek will offer local golfers an opportunity to play the course from the exact same challenging pin placements the professionals faced in the qualifier.

For the first time in the United States, video slot players can choose how they want to win with the revolutionary Magic Touch® video slot machine at Barona Resort & Casino. Developed by Incredible Technologies, Magic Touch® video slot games use a fun animated character, called the Prize Guy™ to explain and educate players about the three ways you can win: a low volatility game, designed to win often; a medium volatility game, designed to win steady; and a high volatility game, designed to win big.

Barona Resort & Casino announced that it has achieved Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council's (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Existing Buildings (LEED™-EB) rating system. Barona is the first Tribal resort in the nation to earn the internationally recognized certification for the design and operation of high performance green buildings.

Today, executives from Barona Resort & Casino and The Fine Point Group, the gaming industry's leading strategy consulting firm, announced an initiative to revolutionize Barona's database marketing strategy. In the first phase of this project, which began in January, The Fine Point Group identified significant opportunity to grow revenues profitably for Barona and, moving forward, both organizations are partnering on seamless implementation.