| Private | |
| Industry | Gaming |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1992; 28 years ago |
| Headquarters | Burnaby, British Columbia |
| Products | Entertainment, Gambling, Food and Beverage, Hotel |
| Revenue | Over $200.0 million[citation needed] |
Number of employees | 3,000 |
| Website | gatewaycasinos.com |
Dec 12, 2020 - Temporarily Closed. Gateway Casinos London with 750+ slot machines plus electronic table games like Blackjack or Poker! Enjoy The Getaway or Top of the Fair restaurants and live horse racing. A worker walks on the roof of the Western Fair District Gateway Casino in London, Ont., on Jan. GEOFF ROBINS/The Globe and Mail.
Gateway Casinos and Entertainment is a Canadian gaming and entertainment operator. It operates 23 casinos in British Columbia, Alberta, and Ontario. The corporate offices of Gateway Casinos and Entertainment are located in Burnaby, British Columbia. It is owned by The Catalyst Capital Group Inc., a private equity investment firm founded in 2002.[1]
History[edit]
Gateway Casinos & Entertainment Limited is one of the largest casino and entertainment companies in Western Canada and has grown from 2 facilities with 150 employees to 12 facilities with over 3,000 employees.
Properties include The Grand Villa Casino & Convention Centre Burnaby, Starlight Casino New Westminster, Cascades Resort Casino Langley, The Lake City Casinos (Vernon, Kamloops, Kelowna & Penticton) in the Okanagan, The Baccarat and Palace Casinos in Edmonton, the Chances Community Gaming Centres in Squamish, Mission, Kamloops and Newton Bingo in Surrey.
Starting in 1992, Gateway Casinos has provided operational services for casinos in the Greater Vancouver Regional District of British Columbia. In April 1992, Gateway Casinos acquired two casino operations in the Vancouver area: a 5,000 square foot facility on the second floor of the Mandarin Centre in Vancouver's Chinatown and a smaller 4,000 square foot operation on the top floor of the Royal Towers Hotel in New Westminster, BC.
In March 1994, Gateway Casinos purchased a third casino, located in Maple Ridge, British Columbia with the intention of relocation in the future, which ultimately became Gateway's Burnaby Casino.
June 1994 saw the Gateway relocation of the Vancouver casino from the small premises on the second floor of the Mandarin Centre to newly renovated premises in the same building. At this time, Mandarin Centre was the largest casino in British Columbia. In January 1996, Gateway Casinos relocated its operation in New Westminster from the top floor to expanded premises within the hotel.
Gateway Casinos ceased operating the casino in Maple Ridge in November 1996. The new operation was opened on the second floor of the parkade across from the now Grand Villa Casino in Burnaby, British Columbia.
November 1999 saw the Gateway acquisition of the Palace Casino (now Starlight Casino) in Edmonton, Alberta where an extensive renovation which more than doubled the size of the facility, was substantially completed in October 2001.
The year 2002 was pivotal for Gateway due to the acquisition of the Baccarat Casino in Edmonton, Alberta, in June[2] and the August purchase of the Lake City Casinos in Penticton, Kelowna, Kamloops and Vernon.
In May 2005 Gateway Casinos opened the Cascades Casino in the heart of Langley, British Columbia[3] which brought about a new era of gaming for the company, boasting over 60,000 square feet of gaming space, 77-room hotel and more than 25,000 square feet of convention space operated by Coast Hotels & Resorts Limited.
The Starlight Casino and Grand Villa Casino were opened in 2007 and 2008 respectively and are currently operating as Gateway Casinos & Entertainment Limited's flagship properties.In 2011 Gateway Casinos & Entertainment Limited purchased three existing Community Gaming Centres located in Squamish, Mission and the Newton Surrey area. In April 2015 Gateway Casinos & Entertainment revealed its plans to build brand new casino located in the Edmonton Arena District.[4]
In December 2015 Gateway casinos bought Playtime Gaming Inc.[5] expanding their properties with 4 new CGC (community gaming centers) and 2 commercial bingo halls making them the largest casino company in British Columbia.
In December 2016, Gateway casinos purchased 11 Casinos from OLG in Ontario ranging from Thunder Bay to London with rights to build in Kenora and North Bay hereby now employing 6000+ people and making its way into the Ontario market.
In March 2018, Gateway was selected as the service provider for OLG's Central Gaming Bundle, which includes management of Casino Rama and slot operations at Georgian Downs, and the rights to build a new casino in Collingwood or Wasaga Beach.[6][7]
Properties[edit]
Western Canada
- Baccarat Casino (Edmonton) closed 2016
- Cascades Casino, Hotel and Convention Centre (Langley City)
- Grand Villa Casino (Burnaby)
- Grand Villa Casino Edmonton (Edmonton)
- Playtime Casino (Kelowna)
- Lake City Casinos
- Kamloops Casino (Kamloops)
- Penticton Casino (Penticton)
- Vernon Casino (Vernon)
- Starlight Casino former Palace Casino (Edmonton)
- Starlight Casino (New Westminster)
- Chances Mission (Mission)
- Chances Squamish (Squamish)
- Newton Community Gaming Centre (Surrey)
- Chances Abbotsford
- Chances Campbell River
- Chances Courtney
- Langley Bingo
- Chances Kamloops
Eastern Canada
- Thunder Bay
- Sudbury
- London
- Point Edward
- Woodstock
- Dresden closed
- Clinton
- Hanover
- Innisfil
- Chatham (opened 2019)
References[edit]
- ^'About Us'. Gateway Casinos and Entertainment.
- ^'Baccarat Casino to be replaced by upscale entertainment and gaming facility'. Edmonton Journal. April 14, 2015.
- ^'Cascades Casino Resort Celebrates its 10th Anniversary'. Gateway Casinos & Entertainment Limited. April 29, 2015.
- ^Gateway Casinos & Entertainment Plans a Premier Casino in the EAD
- ^'Gateway Casinos & Entertainment Limited Acquires Playtime Gaming'. newswire.ca. Dec 23, 2015.
- ^Ian Adams (March 15, 2018). 'OLG picks operator for casinos in Innisfil, Casino Rama'. Toronto Sun. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
- ^'OLG selects service provider for Central Gaming Bundle (Press release)'. Business Insider. March 15, 2018.
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Despite casinos being included in Stage 3 of the province's reopening plan, Gateway Casinos London won't be opening its doors Monday.
Rob Mitchell, director of communications and public affairs with Gateway Casinos & Entertainment Ltd., confirmed in an email that they currently have no set time for reopening any Gateway locations.
On Monday, Premier Doug Ford unveiled plans for Stage 3, which would see gathering limits increase to 50 people indoors and 100 people outdoors starting this Friday.
- ^'About Us'. Gateway Casinos and Entertainment.
- ^'Baccarat Casino to be replaced by upscale entertainment and gaming facility'. Edmonton Journal. April 14, 2015.
- ^'Cascades Casino Resort Celebrates its 10th Anniversary'. Gateway Casinos & Entertainment Limited. April 29, 2015.
- ^Gateway Casinos & Entertainment Plans a Premier Casino in the EAD
- ^'Gateway Casinos & Entertainment Limited Acquires Playtime Gaming'. newswire.ca. Dec 23, 2015.
- ^Ian Adams (March 15, 2018). 'OLG picks operator for casinos in Innisfil, Casino Rama'. Toronto Sun. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
- ^'OLG selects service provider for Central Gaming Bundle (Press release)'. Business Insider. March 15, 2018.
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Despite casinos being included in Stage 3 of the province's reopening plan, Gateway Casinos London won't be opening its doors Monday.
Rob Mitchell, director of communications and public affairs with Gateway Casinos & Entertainment Ltd., confirmed in an email that they currently have no set time for reopening any Gateway locations.
On Monday, Premier Doug Ford unveiled plans for Stage 3, which would see gathering limits increase to 50 people indoors and 100 people outdoors starting this Friday.
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Ontario reopening Stage 3: Gathering limit increasing as indoor dining, gyms permitted to reopen
Under Phase 3 of Ontario's reopening plan, casinos will be allowed to reopen with some restrictions. Both table games and buffets will not be permitted.
'We have developed extensive health and safety plans for each site, which includes two metres physical distancing, rigorous cleaning and sanitation measures and the mandatory use of masks or face coverings for all individuals entering our gaming sites,' Mitchell said in an email.
Before the casino can reopen, Mitchell said the plans need to be independently reviewed by a health and safety expert and submitted to the regulator, the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO).
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'We're moving forward as a province, but we can't stop. We won't stop until we get every person in Ontario — until we get every worker in Ontario back to work and back on their feet. But today's news is an important step forward,' Premier Doug Ford said during the announcement Monday.
Ford said the government will provide an update every Monday on regional reopenings.
Also reopening in Stage 3 are gyms, movie theatres, and playgrounds. Restaurants and bars are also allowed to open up inside in addition to the patios they were allowed to open in Stage 2.
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Attractions like galleries, zoos, museums, performing arts venues will be able to reopen — again, with public health measures in place.
— With files from Ryan Rocca, Global News
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