 After the former casino was purchased by the government of Pichilemu , the building was used to hold meetings , exhibitions of paintings , sculptures , theater , and for launching books . In 1997 , the Club Aéreo de Pichilemu ( Aero Club of Pichilemu ) requested the building to host the fiftieth annual reunion of the Air Federation of Chile . Permission was granted , but the Club Aéreo had to purchase toilet fixtures , as the ones in the building were seriously damaged . This prompted the government of Mayor Jorge Vargas González ( 1996 – 2007 ) to begin restoring the deteriorated former casino , but it was not until 2004 that the Regional Government of Libertador General Bernardo O 'Higgins Region approved financing for a restoration design study . The study by the Department of Architecture of the Ministry of Public Works began in 2005 and lasted until mid – 2006 . Afterwards , on 15 December , Intendant of Libertador General Bernardo O 'Higgins Region Héctor Leiva Polanco unveiled to the community of Pichilemu the design and announced that he would present a financing proposal during the next year to the Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Regional ( National Fund of Regional Development ) . The project was approved on 23 January 2007 ; the budget , according to architect Jorge Godoy Rojas , was 513 @,@ 125 @,@ 000 pesos ( US $ 1 @,@ 026 @,@ 250 ) . On 12 June 2007 , the budget was increased to accommodate additional restoration work , by 100 million pesos to 663 @,@ 702 @,@ 000 pesos ( US $ 1 @,@ 327 @,@ 404 ) . 
