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==Major landmarks== [[File:CabazonDinosaurs-BuildingShapedLikeDinosaur.jpg|thumb|Dinny the Dinosaur]] ===Roadside attraction=== [[Cabazon Dinosaurs|Claude Bell's giant dinosaur sculptures]] are icons of roadside America. The site features two sculptures: a 150-ton building in the shape of a larger-than-life-sized ''[[Brontosaurus]]'' (begun in 1964, completed in 1975), and a 100-ton ''[[Tyrannosaurus|Tyrannosaurus rex]]'' structure (built in 1981).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bigwaste.com/photos/ca/cabazon_dinos/|title=The Cabazon Dinosaurs - The Big Waste of Space Photologue|website=www.bigwaste.com|access-date=April 11, 2018}}</ref><ref name=AP1970>Associated Press, Cabazon, California. ''Eugene Register-Guard'', April 12, 1970. [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19700412&id=zeQQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=POEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4984,2536728 "Cement brontosaurus just beginning: Claude Kenneth Bell and his 'monster'."] Hosted by Google Newspapers. Retrieved on January 2, 2010.</ref> The dinosaurs, nicknamed "Dinny" and "Mr. Rex," respectively, were installed to attract customers to Claude Bell's Wheel Inn Cafe. Some residents grew up with them along the highway in southern California; others may remember them from various films and videos, notably in ''[[Pee-wee's Big Adventure]].''<ref>{{cite news | first= Starlee | last= Kine | title= In the Belly of the Beast | url= https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/09/magazine/09funny_humor.html?n=Top/News/Science/Topics/Paleontology | work= The New York Times Magazine | date= October 9, 2005 | access-date=April 11, 2008 }}</ref> Developers purchased the dinosaurs in 2005 from the Bell family for $1.2 million.<ref>{{cite news | first= Ashley | last= Powers | title= Adam, Eve and T. Rex | url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-aug-27-me-dinosaurs27-story.html | work= The Los Angeles Times | date= August 27, 2005 | access-date=April 11, 2008 }}</ref> ===Outlet shopping center=== Cabazon is a stop for outlet shopping; [[Simon Property Group|Desert Hills Premium Outlets]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.premiumoutlets.com/outlets/outlet.asp?id=6|title=Welcome To Desert Hills Premium Outlets® |first=Simon Property Group, L.P. and/or Its Affiliates, 1999-2018. All Rights|last=Reserved.|website=www.premiumoutlets.com|access-date=April 11, 2018}}</ref> and Cabazon Outlets<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cabazonoutlets.com/|title=Cabazon Outlets|website=Cabazon Outlets|access-date=April 11, 2018}}</ref> each operate [[outlet malls]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Devona |last=Wells |title=Shopping for outlet malls |url=http://www.pe.com/localnews/desertpass/stories/PE_News_Local_dcabazon16.58021.html |work=The Press-Enterprise |date=June 19, 2004 |access-date=April 11, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041126071303/http://www.pe.com/localnews/desertpass/stories/PE_News_Local_dcabazon16.58021.html |archive-date=November 26, 2004 }}</ref> ===Morongo Casino, Resort & Spa=== [[File:MorongoCasino1.JPG|thumb|right|The [[Morongo Casino, Resort & Spa]]]] Cabazon is the territory of the federally recognized [[Morongo Band of Mission Indians]], which have developed the [[Morongo Casino, Resort & Spa]]. Its 27-story hotel tower dominates the [[San Gorgonio Pass]].<ref>{{cite news | first= Paul | last= DeCarlo | title= Tribe shows fire skills | url= http://www.pe.com/localnews/sanbernardino/stories/PE_News_Local_dfire24.a169a.html | work= The Press-Enterprise | date= September 24, 2004 | access-date=April 11, 2008 }}</ref><ref name = "Morongo"/> This is one of the largest [[Native Americans in the US|Native American]] [[casino]]s in the United States.<ref name="Morongo">{{cite news | first= Jonathan | last= Shikes | title= Beyond the buffet | url= http://www.pe.com/business/local/stories/PE_Biz_D_franchise01.f664.html | work= The Press-Enterprise | date= April 30, 2005 | access-date=April 11, 2008 }}</ref> In addition, they partnered for tribal business with [[Arrowhead Water|Arrowhead Mountain Springwater]] to develop a huge water-bottling facility on the eastern edge on Cabazon in 2003. Its construction earned a LEED Silver rating.<ref>{{cite news | title= Arrowhead Bottled Water Facility Earns LEED Silver | url= http://www.greenbiz.com/news/news_third.cfm?NewsID=27001 | work= GreenBiz.com | date= July 29, 2004 | access-date= April 11, 2008 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20050214033544/http://www.greenbiz.com/news/news_third.cfm?NewsID=27001 | archive-date= February 14, 2005 | url-status= dead }}</ref>
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