An interest meeting took place in Vancouver this morning whereby the development company Paragon Ltd, put forward to the committee it’s drawings for a new land based casino in the heart of BC alongside Place Stadium.
At the press briefing, which took place to highlight and communicate the concept, was a large group of people opposed to the development which was really just a repetition of what took place the last time the company put forward similar plans.
The head of Paragon explained that they managed to gather some key learnings from objections that were put forward which has stood them in a better position when conceptualizing the new building.
It was apparent that the majority of objects were around the fact that residents didn’t want another Vegas themed style building in their neighbourhood.
With this is mind Paragon has put something that doesn’t even resemble a casino but appears more like another office block. The $535 million casino building of close to 700,000 square foot is set to comprise of 2 hotels, conference facilities, retail shops, and will host Edgewater casino which has hundreds of slot machines and gaming tables
The proposed plan does still require approval from Vancouver city before any of the changes can go ahead.
The head of the group against casino, Sandy Garossino explained that she wanted to see what the future plans entailed.
The building dubbed as a ‘world class urban resort’ will need this approval to go ahead if their plans to open in 2016 will be met.
At the press briefing, which took place to highlight and communicate the concept, was a large group of people opposed to the development which was really just a repetition of what took place the last time the company put forward similar plans.
The head of Paragon explained that they managed to gather some key learnings from objections that were put forward which has stood them in a better position when conceptualizing the new building.
It was apparent that the majority of objects were around the fact that residents didn’t want another Vegas themed style building in their neighbourhood.
With this is mind Paragon has put something that doesn’t even resemble a casino but appears more like another office block. The $535 million casino building of close to 700,000 square foot is set to comprise of 2 hotels, conference facilities, retail shops, and will host Edgewater casino which has hundreds of slot machines and gaming tables
The proposed plan does still require approval from Vancouver city before any of the changes can go ahead.
The head of the group against casino, Sandy Garossino explained that she wanted to see what the future plans entailed.
The building dubbed as a ‘world class urban resort’ will need this approval to go ahead if their plans to open in 2016 will be met.