Rosario Resort On Orcas Is Sold For $5.1 Million

ORCAS ISLAND - The owner of Rosario Resort on Orcas Island has sold the 179-room historic resort to a Phoenix-based management company for $5.1 million.

Red Rock Resorts, Rosario's new owners, are planning to upgrade the resort facilities and service, said new general manager Dirk Oldenburg.

The 54-room mansion on the property will be refurbished with antiques, china and glassware from the early 1900s. A fine dining room is planned, and the rooms, banquet and meeting facilities will be remodeled. Upgrades are expected to be completed by spring.