California Hotel and Casino
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The California Hotel and Casino, or lovingly referred to as the Cal, was built in 1975, and was the first Las Vegas property of what is now Boyd Gaming. A major player in casino ownership, Boyd Gaming owns establishments in Nevada, New Jersey, Louisiana, Illinois, Indiana and Mississippi. The California Hotel and Casino is one of three Boyd Gaming resorts in downtown Vegas.
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The Hotel
The California Hotel has almost doubled in size since its inception. A premier property amidst Vegas’ Fremont Experience, the hotel boasts 781 spacious guests rooms, including 74 luxury suites.
Decked out in laid-back, yet elegant, Hawaiian décor, the Cal offers a taste of the tropics and an Aloha spirit. A guest at the Cal will feel rejuvenated and enchanted after escaping the maddening crowds in one of the tropical rooms.
The hotel offers conference and convention facilities for small business meetings or 300 person catered affairs.
The Casino
Full service gaming is no problem for The California Casino. With 80,000 square feet of gaming area, they offer one of the friendliest and helpful staff’s in Vegas. Gaming enthusiasts from novice to professional can be comfortable on the floor of the Cal’s casino.
- Black jack
- Caribbean Stud
- Pai Gow
- Craps
- Keno
- Let it ride
- Roulette
- Video poker
- Slots-video and regular, from a penny to $5.
- 40-seat Sports Book with 11 televisions and 4 big screens.
The Player’s Club gold card allows guests to obtain credits and rankings within Boyd Gaming’s three establishments with the Fremont Experience.
Dining
Whatever the culinary desire and whenever the urge to eat hits, one of four restaurants or four bars is sure to please.
- Market Street Café-24 hours from Breakfast to a late night snack.
- The Redwood Bar and Grill-Upscale dining, casual atmosphere.
- Pasta Pirate-Great seafood and the atmosphere of a seaside wharf.
- California Club-Snacks and sandwiches for a quick pick-me-up.
- Dave’s Aloha Bar-with a taste of the tropics.
- Main Street Bar
- San Francisco Pub
- Redwood Bar-piano bar situated between the Redwood Grill and the Pasta Pirate.
The California also offers large-scale banquet service for any occasion.
- Breakfast-Continental, traditional, buffet
- Lunch-Sit down, deli buffet, traditional buffet
- Dinner-Specialty buffet-south of the border, A Paris Affair, Pacific Rim, traditional, sit down, five course surf and turf.
- Hot and cold-Hor d’oeurves, sushi station, seafood station, poke station.
Shopping
On the mezzanine, along the covered walkway called Bridge Avenue, which takes visitors across downtown’s busy Main Street, is a retail area, appropriately called the Bridge Ave. retail area. Lined with eclectic shops from Ice Cream to Island specialties.
- Cal gift shop-apparel and accessories, golf balls and mementos
- Cal logo shop-convenience store and more
- Vegas 808-snacks from the Islands.
- Aloha Specialties-Hawaiian restaurant
- Ethel M Chocolates-chocolates created by Forrest Mars, Sr. (Mr. M & M), for his mother Ethel.
- Lappert’s Ice Cream-coffee and ice cream from the islands
- Cal Arcade