Pala offers smoke-free casino experience

Nonsmokers who like to gamble can now try their luck in a smoke-free environment at Pala Casino Spa & Resort.

Pala officials celebrated the opening of the property's 15,000-square-foot smoke-free gaming area June 29 and also introduced the new Marquise Bar & Lounge and the expanded Luis Rey's Restaurant, Bar and Patio Lounge.

"We really focused on trying to concentrate an area of the casino where guests could actually enter the facility through the hotel lobby, gamble, have dinner, have a cocktail and see a concert, or hang out by the pool – all of that without entering a space that allows smo...