Santa Ana Star Casino, Casino in Bernalillo, New Mexico
Santa Ana Star Casino is a gaming establishment in Bernalillo that houses thousands of slot machines and dozens of gaming tables throughout its layout. The facility contains multiple restaurants and bars positioned around the main gaming area.
The casino was established by the Santa Ana Pueblo to generate income and economic growth for the community. The project emerged from the nation's desire to secure financial independence for their people.
The casino is owned by the Tamaya, as the Pueblo of Santa Ana is named in its own language, and it opened in 1993 beside the pueblo's retail smoke shop. Its name and its Star Rewards Players Club take the Star from the Santa Ana Star, and the pueblo also holds naming rights to the Santa Ana Star Center under a five-year, $2.5 million deal signed in July 2006.
The casino sits at 54 Jemez Canyon Dam Road, about 10 miles (16 km) north of Albuquerque and beside Rio Rancho, at the foot of Jemez Canyon Dam. It shares the pueblo's land with the Twin Warriors and Santa Ana golf courses, the Hyatt Regency Tamaya resort and a Warrior 66 fuel station, so a car is the usual way in.
The Stage at the Star, added with the hotel rooms and pool in 2017, is the casino's in-house nightclub, hosting live comedy and EDM DJ events rather than ballroom dancing. The Pueblo of Santa Ana, called Tamaya in its own language, owns the casino and its surrounding businesses.
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