Hasson said having a variety of dining options gives visitors additional reasons to return. Nine restaurants will be offered a 500-seat food court, dubbed The Marketplace. Graton will also include four full-service restaurants, including a Chinese restaurant run by celebrity chef Martin Yan, and a branch of Tony’s Pizza Napoletana of San Francisco. Graton customers who sign up with the casino’s rewards program will be allowed to redeem their points at any Station Casinos property in Las Vegas, marking the first time the company has offered that type of benefit. The tribe signed a compact with the state of California in 2012. Since then, the tribe gained state and federal approvals for the casino, which will have 144 table games and 3,000 slot machines, along with an 18-table poker room, a high-limit room with private gaming salons and a high-limit slot machine area. The Graton Resort has been planned since the tribe had its federal recognition restored by Congress in 2000. “This now creates another reason for someone to visit to Sonoma.” “Keep in mind that Sonoma County has long been a visitor destination,” Hasson said. Casino openings are similar types of events in any market, even picturesque Sonoma County, he said. Hasson managed Station Casinos’ properties in Las Vegas, most notably the Green Valley Ranch Resort when it was featured in the reality television series “American Casino.” Hasson oversaw the Aliante Casino’s opening in 2008.

“For those who have already toured the facility, there has been nothing short of jaw-dropping amazement,” Graton general manager Joe Hasson said Monday, following a week of practice runs for employees and an invitation-only event Saturday night. Station Casinos developed the resort and will manage the property for the tribe under a seven-year contract. The Graton Resort, owned by the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, is in the Sonoma County city of Rohnert Park, roughly 48 miles north of San Francisco.

public opening of the Graton Resort &Casino, the property was opened an hour early. So, with crowds building for Tuesday’s planned 10 a.m. Station Casinos and the tribal owners of an $800 million Northern California casino decided a 13-year wait was long enough. The $800 million casino opens November 5 and features four full-service restaurants, nine casual dining choices and three lounges in the 340,000 square foot resort. The Las Vegas-style Indian casino is set to open in California's wine country, the culmination of years of planning and legal battles. China restaurant at the Graton Resort and Casino in Rohnert Park, Calif. 29, 2013 photo, a chef hand pulls noodles in the kitchen of the M.Y.

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