The Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians has been named the latest sponsor – “the official and exclusive founding casino partner” – for Acrisure Arena, a $300 million entertainment and sports center coming to Thousand Palms this December after years of anticipation.
Darrell Mike, chairman of Twenty-Nine Palms, told The Desert Sun that the partnership between the tribe and Oak View Group, a Los Angeles-based entertainment company developing the arena, is roughly a year in the making.
“We’re both in the entertainment business, so we complement each other,” Mike said. Twenty-Nine Palms has reservation land both in Coachella and near the city of Twentynine Palms, and operates a casino in each location. “We figured that there was a bigger vision.”
