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AZ Casino Offers Convenient Play

Arizona has one of the most competitive land casino markets in the United States. This desert state is a gambler’s paradise, offering gaming opportunities tailored to virtually every player’s unique tastes. The Sol Casino group is secure of its own place within this nearly saturated market, however. The two establishments owned and operated by the Pascua Yaqui Indian tribe can offer players something that few others can – convenience. In these days of sky-high gas prices, it means a lot when players have the opportunity to partake of the slot games or other favorite casino diversions without having to make a dedicated trip that could take a half hour or more. The Casino del Sol and Casino of the Sun casinos are located on a well-traveled route towards Tucson, which places these destinations squarely in gamblers’ radars.

The Sol Casinos Chief Executive Officer is Wendell Long. Long recounts how the Pascua Yaqui tribe was one of the first Indian nations in the state to explore the idea of hosting gambling establishments. The Pascua Yaqui got in on the casino business over twenty years ago, with a string of “high-stakes bingo halls.” Now, the tribe’s two casinos have more than thirteen hundred slot machines between them, with nearly seven hundred bingo chairs, twenty-four blackjack games, and eighteen poker tables. While the casinos’ two names mean the same thing in two different languages, Casino del Sol is considered the classier and more upscale of the two, with a provincial Italian décor and theming.

Gambling is only one of the Sol Casino group’s attractions. The Pascua Yaquis also run the Anselmo Valencia Torre Amphitheater, situated between the two casinos. The amphitheater has five thousand seats and has attracted several big-name musical acts.

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