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A brief history of the 'Monte Carlo en Tijuana' (and its fate) which opened in 1928
Make a Day Trip to Caliente Casino Tijuana. Agua Caliente 12027, Hipodromo Agua Caliente, 22024 Tijuana, B.C., Mexico Phone: (619)-941-3190 Main Locations. 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.
An orquesta típica serenaded diners at Tijuana’s Agua Calinente Hotel and Casino in 1928. Photo: Guy Sensor Landscape Photo, courtesy of San Diego History Center Photo Archive.
The Tijuana Agua Caliente Hotel and Casino
Casino Agua Caliente Tijuana Mexico Hotel
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. The enterprise was a spectacular success, thanks in part to its brilliantly staged development. A year’s advance press notices for the hotel were stoked by Caliente’s Phase 1 construction of a greyhound racetrack. The track opened on July 1, 1927, with record-breaking purse payouts that drew the racing sports world to Tijuana.
Known as the “Border Barons,” Caliente’s developers were Wirt G. Bowman (1874-1949, cattle rancher, capitalist and politician), James N. Crofton (1895-1968, rancher and sportsman)—both from Nogales, Arizona—and Baron H. Long (1883-1962, sports promoter and U.S. Grant Hotel owner). Bowman’s long friendships with northern Mexico’s politicians enabled rapid progress in Tijuana. Caliente’s contractor was Fernando F. Rodríguez, brother of northern Baja’s military commander and governor, Abelardo L. Rodríguez (1889-1967).
Named for its medicinal hot springs, the Agua Caliente resort complex included a therapeutic pool and spa, but its chief attractions for wealthy Americans were its luxurious gambling casino, greyhound races and elegant full-service cocktail bars. None of these entertainments were legal in California, and the resort’s location, less than three miles from the international border, was made even more accessible by transborder train service from San Diego to Caliente, and by twice-daily 12-passenger Ford Trimotor airplane flights from
Los Angeles and San Diego to its own airfield.
The hotel’s 300 guest rooms, private bungalows, lush gardens and superb food service guaranteed its popularity as a Hollywood getaway. Guests at the opening’s formal dinner included Al Jolson, Dolores del Rio, Charlie Chaplin, Sid Grauman, Raoul Walsh, Renée Adorée, Mabel Normand, Lupe Vélez, Jack Dempsey and United Artists’ president Joseph Schenck, who became the resort’s majority stockholder in 1932.
Surprisingly, the famously beautiful hotel was designed by fledgling architect Wayne D. McAllister (1907-2000) and his wife Corinne Fuller McAllister (1905-2001), better known for their midcentury-modern projects. Reported monthly casino and track receipts of $500,000 paid for rapid expansions of the hotel, a grass golf course, and, in 1929, a new $2.5 million racetrack and grandstand.
Even after the 1929 stock market crash, Caliente seemed destined for long-term success. Its pinnacle of glamor came with the Warner Bros. musical In Caliente, released May 25, 1935, and starring Dolores Del Rio and Pat O’Brien. But on July 20, incoming Mexican president Lázaro Cárdenas permanently revoked all gambling casino licenses, and the resort, then valued at $8 million, was abruptly forced to close at the height of its fame. The Caliente track was allowed to reopen, but the hotel was converted to a military school. ϖ
| Agua Caliente | |
|---|---|
| Address | 32-250 Bob Hope Drive Rancho Mirage, CA 92270 |
| Opening date | April 6, 2001 |
| Theme | Modern |
| No. of rooms | 340 |
| Total gaming space | 45,000 sq ft (4,200 m2) |
| Permanent shows | The Show |
| Notable restaurants | Four: The Grand Palms Buffet, The Poker Deli, The Steakhouse and Waters Cafe |
| Casino type | Land-based |
| Owner | Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians |
| Renovated in | 2007 |
| Website | Casino Website |
The Agua Caliente Casino is a gambling facility, run by the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, in Rancho Mirage, California. The facility has over 45,000 square feet (4,200 m2) of gambling floor. The casino completed a 16-story, 173-foot (53 m) hotel tower which opened on April 18, 2008. The tower is the third-tallest building in the Inland Empire.
The paved and landscaped parking lot on the property was, nearly 40 years before, a sandy patch of desert, across which Jonathan Winters drove a moving van, in the film It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.
The Agua Caliente Band also runs the ‘’’Spa Resort and Casino’’’ in nearby Palm Springs, California, which became Agua Caliente Casino Palm Springs in 2019.[1]
History[edit]
On March 14, 2000, the band announced plans for the $80-million Agua Caliente Casino.
The Agua Caliente Casino opened on April 6, 2001.
See also[edit]
External links[edit]
Casino Agua Caliente Tijuana Mexico Restaurant
References[edit]
Casino Agua Caliente Tijuana Mexico Hotels
- ^'Spa Resort Casino, Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa undergo name change'. The Press-Enterprise. February 28, 2019.
Casino Agua Caliente Tijuana Mexico Website
Coordinates: 33°48′50″N116°24′29″W / 33.814°N 116.408°W