The Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation is a federally recognized tribe of Mission Indians from Southern California , located in an unincorporated area of San Diego County just east of El Cajon . The Sycuan band are a Kumeyaay tribe, one of the four ethnic groups indigenous to San Diego County.
14-784: Fashion Valley Transit Center is an elevated station on the Green Line of the San Diego Trolley system. It is located at the southwest corner of the Fashion Valley Mall , after which the station is named. Below the station platform is a large bus plaza served by several MTS bus routes. The station has a 63 space park and ride lot. This station opened on November 23, 1997 as part of the Blue Line Mission Valley Line extension to Mission San Diego station . Blue Line service to this station
28-409: A water treatment facility which controls their nitrate levels. Additionally, the tribe operates a small medical clinic, dental office, fire department and tribal police force. In 2005, they eliminated their environmental department for political and economic reasons. In 2004, they installed a new air conditioning system, internal control systems, and a new parking lot. The move toward casino gaming on
42-525: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Green Line (San Diego Trolley) The Green Line is a 19.8-mile (31.9 km) light rail line in the San Diego Trolley system, operated by San Diego Trolley, Inc. an operating division of the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS). The route serves downtown San Diego , Mission Valley , and the cities of La Mesa and El Cajon . The Green Line has
56-663: The Trolley Renewal Project , the western portion of the Green Line was extended from Old Town south through downtown and along the Bayside Line, terminating at 12th & Imperial Transit Center 's Bayside Platform. This redesign allowed for two "universal" transfer points among all three core lines: the 12th & Imperial Transit Center and Santa Fe Depot Transit Center (which consists of Santa Fe Depot, America Plaza, and Courthouse stations, as well as
70-736: The Santa Fe Depot/America Plaza Rapid terminal). In May 2024, MTS announced that a new service, known as the East County Connector (and later the Copper Line), would replace the Green and Orange lines between El Cajon Transit Center and the eastern terminus at Santee. The proposal was prompted by service issues caused by the merge of the double track to a single track between the final two stations, creating delays for Green Line trolleys waiting for
84-621: The Sycuan Band reservation was spearheaded by the Sycuan Band's former chairwoman, Anna Prieto Sandoval . The Sycuan Band opened its first gambling facility, the Sycuan Bingo Palace, on their reservation in 1983. As a direct evolution from that successful venture, they now run a profitable casino , as well as an off-reservation golf course. The Sycuan band is not the only San Diego-area band to operate significant commercial enterprises off-reservation. The Sycuan band purchased
98-521: The completion and opening of the 5.9 miles (9.5 km) Mission Valley East extension. The line primarily operates on this extension as well as a segment previously served by the Blue Line between Old Town and Mission San Diego . It traverses Mission Valley and the San Diego River corridor for this segment. During a system redesign which took effect on September 2, 2012, as part of
112-480: The downtown San Diego landmark U. S. Grant Hotel in 2003. The band advertises heavily in relation to the San Diego Padres major-league baseball team (including both television and radio commercials during game broadcasts, and posted advertising at Petco Park , the team's home field). In 2023, Major League Soccer announced that an expansion team was granted to San Diego to begin play in 2025, bringing
126-470: The league to 30 teams. The team, named San Diego FC , is co-owned by the Sycuan band, British-Egyptian businessman Mohamed Mansour , and professional baseball player Manny Machado . A $ 226 million hotel casino expansion opened to the public on March 27, 2019. The casino has a total of 2800 slot machines and 80 gaming tables (blackjack, poker, etc). The Sycuan band also provides an endowment to support
140-535: The second highest ridership of the San Diego Trolley's three core lines, transporting 13,673,926 riders during FY 2014 - according to MTS. The line is one of five lines in the trolley system, the others being the Blue , Orange , Copper , and Silver ("heritage weekend" service only) lines. The Green Line is the third line in the San Diego Trolley system, with service beginning on July 10, 2005 along with
154-531: The track to clear. On September 29, 2024, Green and Orange Line service was cut back to El Cajon Transit Center, and service on the Copper Line began. The Green Line's SDSU Transit Center is the only underground station in the entire trolley network. In October 2017, Sycuan Casino managed to secure the naming rights for the Green Line when the MTS had sought out to sell out the naming rights for each line in
SECTION 10
#1732772071166168-666: The trolley system. The line was then named the Sycuan Green Line. However, this is no longer the case. The Green Line is home to a paid station naming sponsorship, with the former Alvarado Medical Center station being known as UC San Diego Health East station . Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation The Sycuan Reservation is located at 32°46′57″N 116°49′59″W / 32.78250°N 116.83306°W / 32.78250; -116.83306 . The nearest outside communities are
182-409: The unincorporated communities of Dehesa , Harbison Canyon and Crest . Cody Martinez is their current tribal chairman. The band operates two waste water treatment plants, a sequencing batch reactor used for their casino, administrative buildings, and maintenance buildings. They also operate and own a modular treatment plant in a flood plain near one of their residential areas. The tribe operates
196-510: Was replaced by the Green Line on July 10, 2005 as part of the Mission Valley East extension. Before the opening of the Mission Valley East extension, this station was rebuilt to raise the platform to accommodate the new low-floor trolley vehicles, giving passengers level access to trains without using steps or a wheelchair lift. There are two tracks, each served by a side platform . This California train station-related article
#165834