One suite has a pool table, private bar and butler’s pantry the butler is optional. Many of the bedcovers are orange as well, and the windows look out on the flat, lush green landscape of Rohnert Park. Orange and brown colors dominate the bold rugs in the lobby and the hotel rooms. “If you stay at the Hampton Inn, which is relatively close by in Rohnert Park, they don’t have a restaurant. “Rather than being just a hotel, it’s an attraction where you can stay overnight,” the economist said. “This is a major increase to the competition level in Sonoma County. “This facility brings a lot of things to the table at once,” said Robert Eyler, chief economist for the Marin Economic Forum. The various changes led Sarris to describe the new complex as a “complete destination point.” The Boathouse Asian Eatery restaurant, a well-known Rohnert Park restaurant, has relocated next to the hotel. “A thousand men and women built this facility in 14 months,” Greg Sarris, the tribal chairman of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, told the crowd at the event, which marked the official opening of the hotel and other amenities making up the 342,000-square-foot expansion. There was a lot to look at, from the onyx lobby fountain with its hand-blown glass leaves to the spa with blue-tiled ice rooms and Jacuzzis, to the 200 luxe hotel rooms, outdoor pool with orange chaise lounges and cavernous meeting space. ROHNERT PARK > A crowd of some 200 people streamed into the Graton Resort and Casino on Tuesday for a look at the Sonoma County casino’s new $175 million hotel.

Graton casino swimming pool