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For the second time in two years, Canada's largest private casino operator has unveiled plans for a casino complex in London, this time in the city's south end. Gateway Casino and Entertainment. Congratulations to our winners! – Langley, BC Tyler W. – Chatham, ON January 24 – 27, 2020 in Orlando.
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. The operations Gateway took over in Southwestern Ontario include sites in Woodstock and Point Edward, where the company spent $26 million on a casino renovation. Gateway has also begun work on a.
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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For the second time in two years, Canada's largest private casino operator has unveiled plans for a casino complex in London, this time in the city's south end. Gateway Casino and Entertainment. Congratulations to our winners! – Langley, BC Tyler W. – Chatham, ON January 24 – 27, 2020 in Orlando.
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. The operations Gateway took over in Southwestern Ontario include sites in Woodstock and Point Edward, where the company spent $26 million on a casino renovation. Gateway has also begun work on a.
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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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.
Attractions like galleries, zoos, museums, performing arts venues will be able to reopen — again, with public health measures in place.
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— With files from Ryan Rocca, Global News
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Gaming giants Gateway has unveiled plans for a $75m super casino in London Ontario, which looks certain to be given the green light by official and city planners. It's hoped that the new facility will be open in time for 2021 and is expected to create as many as seven hundred new jobs in the area.
Gateway casino is the largest casino operator in all of Canada, have put forth plans for a large casino in the area. Just two years ago they presented plans to build an even larger casino at Western Fairgrounds, with a projected building cost of $140m. Although the council was receptive to the plans, disagreements over the cost of the land marked for development at Western Fairgrounds couldn't be overcome.
The StarLight Casino
Gateway has made it clear that they either wanted to acquire full ownership of the land, or be allowed to lease it at a better rate than was currently on offer. Neither option proved to be viable or achievable, and so the plans were shelved a year later. Now, having bought a plot of land outright in London, they're in a position to move forward once more.
The plans which have been presented for the proposed new ‘Starlight Casino' are largely similar to the plans for the development at Western Fairgrounds, although they're lacking in one crucial detail. Much of the projected costs of the earlier plans were for a large hotel, for which there isn't the space in the southwest region of London which has been identified.
The plans unveiled by Gateway Casino Vice President Grant Darling cover over nine thousand square feet of land on the appropriately-named Wonderland Road and will contain forty live casino game tables, almost one thousand slot machines, a live music auditorium, and a number of restaurants. The idea seems to be that people come for the games and then stay for dinner and a show. It's the same strategy that's worked well for years in Las Vegas.
The new casino features
Given the size of the casino, a significant number of staff will be required to work there. The current estimate is that seven hundred jobs will be created, with London Chamber of Commerce head Gerry McCartney stating that there will be ‘jobs for anyone looking for them.' Gateway is also keen to point out that the development will be family friendly, and therefore people are welcome to come with children to eat and watch live music performances even if they have no intention of visiting the tables.
As the council was receptive to the previous and much larger proposals submitted in 2017, it's not anticipated that Gateway will face rejection from them for this new pitch. They'll have to wait a little while before they get the green light to start construction work, though. Although the plans have been shown to the public, they won't be officially presented to the council until an undetermined date ‘later in the summer,' after which building work is tentatively penciled in to start on the ground this month, and then end 18 months later for a 2021 opening.
The new casino will be offering 900 slot machines, 40 table games and will be of $75 million construction value. (with inputs from news sources)
