All Properties will Host Live Entertainment, Local Mariachi Bands and Food and Drink Specials, Including 3-Nights With Stand Up Comedian Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias, and an Action-Packed Mexican Wrestling Event with Viva La Lucha: Lucha Libre Mexicana
PALM SPRINGS, CA – (April 18, 2024)– Agua Caliente Casinos, the award-winning premier destination in greater Palm Springs for entertainment, gaming, and wellness has announced weekend-long festivities and specials, open to the public, to celebrate Cinco de Mayo, May 3-5, 2024. All three Agua Caliente Casinos properties; Rancho Mirage, Cathedral City, and Palm Springs, have fun events and specials planned. To kick off the weekend fiesta, on Friday, May 3, 2024, Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias will host his 25th Cinco de Mayo stand-up comedy show at Agua Caliente Casino Rancho Mirage’s premier entertainment venue, The Show. “Fluffy” will also be performing on Saturday, May 4, and Sunday, May 5, with tickets now available to purchase. Agua Caliente Casino Cathedral City will also be hosting an action-packed “Viva La Lucha: Lucha Libre Mexican” on Saturday, May 4, and all three properties will feature roaming mariachi bands and Mexican-inspired food and drink specials.
• Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias: Friday, May 3-Sunday, May 5 at 8:00 p.m. at Agua Caliente Casino Rancho Mirage at The Show. Fluffy is one of America’s most successful stand-up comedians performing to sold-out concerts worldwide. He is also one of the most-watched comedians on YouTube with almost a billion views and over 25 million fans across social media. In 2018, Fluffy was included in The Hollywood Reporter’s “Top 40 Comedy Players” issue alongside comedy giants Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock, and Lorne Michaels. The comedian has also had the distinct honor of being one of the few to headline and sell out Madison Square Garden in New York, Staples Center in Los Angeles, and Sydney Opera House in Australia. Fluffy is no stranger to Agua Caliente Casinos. He will be hosting his 25th show at The Show on May 3. To celebrate, the Agua Caliente Casinos team is also featuring some of Fluffy’s favorite food and drink specials all weekend long. For more information and to purchase tickets, go to www.aguacalientecasinos.com/agua-event/gabriel-iglesias. Tickets start at $85.00.
• “Viva La Lucha: Lucha Libre Mexicana:” Saturday, May 4 at 7:00 p.m. at Agua Caliente Casino Cathedral City at their premier outdoor entertainment venue, Agave Caliente Terraza. Guests will experience an evening of heart-pounding action-packed Mexican wrestling Legendary wrestling stars will battle it out in the ring for glory and honor. Tickets start at $25 and are available to purchase here.
• Cinco de Mayo Weekend Food and Drink Specials:
- Café One Eleven at Agua Caliente Casino Cathedral City: Carne a la Tampiquena, $24. Agua Frescas, $5. Latin American-inspired fare with a chef-driven menu boasting made- from-scratch dishes by Executive Chef.
- All 360 Sports locations: Quesabirria Tacos, $18. Paloma, $15. Up-scale and elevated food offerings with giant wrap-around screens, real-time score tickers, and an epic surround-sound system. 360 Sports’ specials are available at all three property locations.
- La Olla at Agua Caliente Casino Rancho Mirage: Two Gorditas de Maíz, $20. Located in The District at Rancho Mirage, La Olla’s fast-casual Mexican cuisine serves up traditional favorites including street tacos, quesadillas, and burritos.
- Waters Café at Agua Caliente Casino Rancho Mirage: Chicken Chorizo Enchiladas, $24. This bright, comfortable eatery has a beautiful outdoor patio overlooking the pool at Agua Caliente Resort Casino Spa Rancho Mirage. The Executive Chef has developed an exquisite menu of American comfort food classics with a light California twist.
• “Fluffy’s Fave 5” Specialty Menu: To commemorate Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias’s 25th performance at Agua Caliente Casinos, experience Fluffy’s favorite menu items at Agua Caliente Casino Rancho Mirage’s Waters Cafe. This special menu, available May 3-May 5, will feature Elote Corn, Fluffy’s Orange Chicken, Ribs & Biscuits, Baja Omelet, and Bacon-Wrapped Chili Dog. “ACE Club members who earn 100 slot points on the same day will also have a chance to “spin to win” signed memorabilia from Fluffy and other raffle prizes Friday, May 3 through Sunday, May 5, 3:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. on each day (or while supplies last). At 10 p.m., one drawing will be conducted for the “Fluffy” gift basket and $250 in Free Slot Play.
“Celebrating Cinco de Mayo is a tradition at Agua Caliente Casinos,” said Agua Caliente Casinos’ Senior Director of Marketing, Pearl Aguinaldo. “As we celebrate Fluffy’s 25th performance on our property and host an action-packed weekend full of entertainment and fun food and drink specials, we celebrate Mexican culture with a Southern California twist.”
To learn more about Agua Caliente Casinos, its properties, and upcoming events and offerings, please visit www.aguacalientecasinos.com.
ABOUT AGUA CALIENTE CASINOS
ABOUT AGUA CALIENTE CASINOS Agua Caliente Casinos are located in Rancho Mirage, Palm Springs, and Cathedral City, CA. Agua Caliente Casinos has earned the Forbes Travel Guide Awards for its fifth consecutive year in 2024 for three of its property venues. Agua Caliente Resort Casino Spa Rancho
Mirage has been awarded two Forbes Four-Star ratings for The Steakhouse and The Hotel, with Sunstone Spa earning the Forbes Five-Star Award in 2024. Agua Caliente Rancho Mirage is also a AAA Four Diamond property and was ranked top 5 for “Best Casino Outside of Las Vegas” in Newsweek in 2023. The Sunstone Spa also ranked in the top spas in the U.S. and number three in California by Spas of America’s Top 100 Spas 2022; The Steakhouse is a consecutive winner of the Wine Spectator Award of Excellence since 2007; and Agua Caliente is the only hotel in Greater Palm Springs to have achieved Forbes Four-Star status. The Spa at Séc-he in downtown Palm Springs opened in 2023 and won the Sustainable Spa Award by the Green Spa Network and the Best of the Best by Palm Springs Life along with being named the No. 1 Spa in America by Spas of America in 2023. Agua Caliente Casinos took the lead in two categories of Best Desert Sun Community’s Choice Awards, ranked Best Casino in Palm Springs and Best Hotel in Rancho Mirage.
Collectively, the three properties offer a 16-story, 340-room hotel with resort-style pools and cabanas, three entertainment venues, Pívat Cigar Lounge, a premier cigar lounge offering live table games and slot machines, 13 diverse dining options, a multi-award-winning, full-service luxury spa and salon, meeting and event venues, and Agua Caliente Fuel, an expansive fuel station with 750 square feet of gaming machines, a drive-through coffee shop Java Caliente, and competitive gas prices. Agua Caliente is also home to two nearby championship golf courses: Indian Canyons North and South.
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