Downtown Vancouver is getting a new $450-million casino and hotel complex to anchor its new "entertainment epicentre," B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell confirmed on Friday morning.
Campbell made the announcement with David Podmore, the chair of the B.C. Pavilion Corporation, at a news conference at the proposed site for the complex — a parking lot between BC Place and the end of the Cambie Street Bridge.
The casino, which will be similar in size to the River Rock in Richmond, will also include two major hotels, five restaurants, and more than 100,000 square feet of gambling facilities, said Campbell, who called the project a catalyst for development of the area.
The new facility will be run by Las Vegas-based Paragon Gaming, replacing the company's Edgewater Casino in the old B.C. Expo 86 pavilion across the street from the new site.
That location has had troubles with poor access and parking, but the new location is expected to be more easily accessible to the public.
This new casino was announced just last Friday and is great news for the city of Vancouver. For those of you that have never been to Vancouver this casino will be located on the old Expo 86 site which is adjacent to BC Place which hosted the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympics. Also located on this site is GM Place which hosted the Olympic hockey tournament.
I know there is some opposition to this but I think its a totally positive move for the city. I just hope they put a great poker room in there.
Any word on when it will be open?
ReplyDeleteThey are saying late 2012 or early 2013. There is already a casino there but its small one although it does have a poker room upstairs.
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