on December 31, and will reopen to the public at 4 a.m. (Nothing like a night of Blackjack, booze, and Keno to get you in the spirit!)Īccording to announcements by the resort, the property becomes 'a private venue' at 5 p.m. Rooms are also sold out for tomorrow, Christmas night. It's not clear who gets on the guest list (presumably some repeat customers and high rollers?), and the casino says they have social-distancing and mask rules in place, as ABC 7 reports.Īs of today, hotel rooms at the resort are sold out for December 30, December 31, and January 1. Reps for Graton Rancheria say that the 4,000-person party will effectively limit capacity at the casino - with total capacity apparently being 20,000. The casino and resort has remained opened despite the fact that Sonoma County never left the state's 'Purple' tier for COVID spread, and it is technically supposed to be operating at 20% capacity. And while county health officials are not happy about it, they can't do anything to stop it. Expect this place to go under in a few more years.The Graton Resort & Casino in Sonoma County, which is on the sovereign land of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, is hosting a 4,000-person private event on New Year's Eve. This was probably the worst experience we've ever had at a casino. There were a few 'restaurants' that charged, or should I say, gouged you for mediocre food. That's a great way to stop people from coming back to visit. What WAS there was a cheesy food court like the ones you see in shopping malls, except they all had inflated prices. We started to get a little hungry after a couple of hours of playing and to our surprise, there wasn't a food buffet there. The slots were tight and it wasn't a lot of fun playing here. The lighting in this place is odd, and a little too bright.

When we first arrived it looked like your average casino-a bit small, but it had all the slot machines, table games, etc. But whoever figured this travel time out must have been going at midnight because it's really 1.4 hours during regular daytime traffic. We decided to check Graton out because of the promise of an easy-to-get-to casino near San Francisco.

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