Thunder Valley Casino Pano Hall

Went to a awards banquet here. There had to be well over 500 people there. The room accommodated everyone nicely. The food was served buffet style. They needed to have a few more buffets set up. It took dinner over a hour for everyone to go through the buffets. The spinach salad was good, mixed vegetables good, the mashed potatoes were excellent, good recipe. The rolls were really good, they had different types, mine was honey walnut wheat, and my wife had jalapano cheese.  The chicken was flavorful, the tri-tip was so so. To me it lacked flavor, but I can throw down on the tri-tip so maybe I am just over critical. One other thing they should do is have a entrance closer to the venue so you don't have to walk through the smoke filled casino to get to the room. The smoke was so bad it was hard to breath. Over all it was a good place for a banquet.

I agree with  the other reviewer this place has very poor seating arrangements. If your sitting to far off to the side or toward the back you might have to watch the screens more than the stage to catch the show. The stage was too low for the some of the segments of the Cirque Shanghai show. Also with the seats attached to each other you have to "excuse" and "pardon" yourself across a bunch of people to get in and out.

My first experience with this venue and my biggest complaint would be the seating arrangements.  Its essentially a large square room that would serve better as a banquet hall than a concert venue.  All of the seats are literally attached to one another leaving no breathing room between me and the person next to me.  My wife turned to me at one point and said the guy next to her was playing "footsies" with her.  I would happily pay $5-10 more dollars for a ticket if it meant less cramming of the seats!  Sorry....didn't sample the bar, but it appeared adequate.