Spotlight 29 Casino

The marvelous $14 buffet they had prior to Covid is now replaced by a steak restaurant. Also has a chinese restaurant and a bar&grill, all way too expensive. There is a mexican restaurant a block away plus several fast food places with in a mile. Sign says 24 hour stay, but no parking lot security patrol. I just stayed 3 days and saw no patrolling, same in prior years. Huge lot gets filled up with RV's and dozens of semi-trucks each evening.

We went to the casino and played a little, but didn't stay (we stayed at Fantasy Springs a couple miles away). The reason was that this lot seemed more crowded, simply not as much room. It's paved though which is nice. But I-10 splits in two at that point and is on both sides of the lot, and not that far away (a couple hundred yards). With a lot of truck traffic, plus other traffic, at all hours, it has to be noisy. If that doesn't bother you this spot would be okay, at least in cooler weather with your windows closed.

The parking situation here is much nicer than it's counterpart Fantasy, just down the road. Tidy and clean, close to the casino. Didn't feel like a vagrant parking there as I did over at the other place. nice cool planters for dog walkies, and a dirt parameter suitable and tidy as well. Very close, for free casino parking. Most put you Waaaaaayyy out in the distance, but this is an easy walk inside. Nice when it's toasty outside, or cold and windy. They seemed to care what it's like for us RV'ers, and not treat us like they're doing us a favor by letting us "camp on their lawn" for a few days. It made me feel welcome. Very friendly folks inside.

Another good choice to spend the night. However, there was a large RV Show going on this weekend which created more traffic in the RV Parking area. RV Parking is close to the casino.

I stayed in RV parking area in March of 2015 after being unable to find RV parking at the other casino north of I-10. Large area, marked well for RV's with constant Security Patrols all night. Dinner buffet closed by 9, but dinner in restaurant was great, and so was breakfast in coffee shop next morning. Easy walk from RV to casino, and felt safe leaving trailer and tow vehicle. Basic dry camping arrangement, but much better alternative than $75+ per night RV parks in Palm Springs area if you are just looking to spend a night on the road.

Report from "Wanderin", January 2010 We have visited the Spotlight 29 Casino a couple of times in the last few days. First of all, we wanted to check out the RV parking because we were trying to decide between staying there for a couple of days or moving a few miles down the road to the Fantasy Springs Casino. The parking for RV's is on a paved parking lot. The area is huge and will accommodate a lot of RVs. There is a sign that limits the dry camping to 24 hours but I would doubt that they enforce that. However, I would recommend you check if you were going to stay longer. Only about 20 or so RV's were parked there ... and that is even a lot. The exit is off of Dillion Road whether you are coming east or west on I-10. The entrance to the casino is easy and signs guide you to the RV parking lot. The Player's Card accumulates triple points on Thursdays and an extra $10 is credited to your card on that day. We found machines pretty tight but I guess everyone says that when they don't win. We didn't win. The luncheon buffet is nice and at $9.95 makes for a great place to eat. The food was good and we ate here twice. We didn't check out the dinner buffet because we figured it was a lot more expensive so just ate prior to the 4:00 price increase.

Report from Diane T., February 2009 Last month we stayed in their area for campers. It was real easy to get to with signs telling you where to park. There were a lot of other motorhomes. I will have to say that you do get a lot of noise from the freeway but otherwise a good place to spend the night. They also said you may stay up to 72 hours.

report from James M., December 13, 2008 Drove over to SPOTLIGHT 29 Casino for the evening. There is now a large marked RV parking lot to the west side of the casino. Free overnight parking is allowed. They have separated the RV's from the trucks so other than the freeway noise it is fairly quiet. They have posted signs for RV parking so it is easy to find off the I-10 freeway. Typical large Vegas type casino.

Several reports from 2006 - 2008 - report from Larry S., January 26, 2008 I just called the Spotlight 29 Casino in Indio, CA today, 1/26/08. I was told that they had a temporary ban on overnight camping due to construction. They didn't say how long it would be until they allowed use of an overnight area. Security said to call ahead, but made no promises if or when this would change. I hope I was told wrong because this has been a great place to stay overnight for several years. - report from Pat, March 2007 We overnighted at the Spotlight 29 Casino in Coachella recently. They have a large area for RV's and a separate area for trucks. RV rules: Parking limited to 24 hours in designated RV area only; no outside cooking; no open containers of alcohol; pets on leash and clean up after them. They have a fast food court (which we didn't check out, but includes a McDonald's). We ate at the cafe. The food was average and the ambience was institutional...circa 1968. The video poker looked dismal according to our non-scientific poll. - report from reader T. Monganhan, April 2006 Boondocked a few nights at the Spot 29 Casino in Coachella. It has a huge paved parking area and RV-ers are welcomed. I noticed some got so comfortable that their TV dishes were set up. Excellent security 24-7. This is a favorite with the large trucks as well, who have a separate area to park.