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Casino Regina | |
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Location | 1880 Saskatchewan Drive Regina, Saskatchewan S4P 0B2 |
Opening date | January 26, 1996 |
Theme | Union railway station (actual former use) |
Notable restaurants | Last Spike, Rail Car |
Casino type | Land |
Owner | Saskatchewan Gaming Corporation |
Architect | J.F. Orroch |
Previous names | Union Station (railway station) |
Renovated in | 1995 (converted to a casino), 2001, 2009 |
Coordinates | 50°27′10″N104°36′31″W / 50.452737°N 104.608727°WCoordinates: 50°27′10″N104°36′31″W / 50.452737°N 104.608727°W |
Website | www.casinoregina.com |
Casino Regina is a casino located on Saskatchewan Drive — (formerly South Railway Street) — in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. It operates in the city's former union station, a Tyndall and ashlar stone structure completed in 1912. The casino is owned and operated by Sask Gaming.
History[edit]
Union Station in 1911
The Beaux-Arts style Union Station was constructed in 1911-12 and was actually Regina's third train station; the first is now a museum in Broadview, Saskatchewan. The station was completed the same year the deadly 'Regina Cyclone' struck the city, tearing through Wascana Park and gutting part of the downtown area. The building underwent a major expansion in 1931, and the original façade was redone in a simpler Art Deco style with Tyndall stone. As well, terrazzo floors, marble support columns and plaster molded ceilings where added to the interior.[1]
In the early 1990s, cutbacks to rail services throughout Canada lead to the closure of Regina's Union Station. The Station had been an important part of Regina's history and heritage since its opening in 1912. After the station's closure, its fate remained unknown for several years. Union Station was designated as an official heritage site in 1991.
By 1995, a $37 million construction project began to convert the vacant station into the province's second casino. In 1996, Casino Regina opened.
Description[edit]
Grand concourse inside the main doors
The building contains old railway police jail cells in the basement that were used for transporting prisoners, and shows evidence of a tunnel representing a system of underground passages said to stretch several blocks east of the casino and south all the way to the stately Hotel Saskatchewan. These tunnels were destroyed during the construction of the Cornwall Centre, a major downtown shopping complex.
Inside, positioned on a wall in the central hall, is a schedule board displaying the arrivals and departures on the day the train station closed back in 1990. The hall itself, formerly the station's main concourse, features a high ceiling with simple chandeliers and a clock near the top of the back wall.
The casino houses some 800 slot machines, 35 table games, and a 9-table poker room. The 800-seat Show Lounge features entertainers, and meals are served in The Last Spike and Rail Car restaurants, as well as in the CPR Lounge and VIP Lounge. Regularly scheduled Union Station historic tours are another attraction, as are the nightly LED shows.
Casino Regina is a notable employer in the city, employing 664 people, over fifty percent of whom are Aboriginal.
See also[edit]
Casino Regina Events
References[edit]
- ^'Union Station'. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Archived from the original on 2012-08-19. Retrieved 2011-02-08.
External links[edit]
Retrieved from 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Casino_Regina&oldid=916239274'
With casinos having to close their doors effective Saturday under new public health orders issued this week, it means major layoffs are happening at both Casino Regina and Casino Moose Jaw.
The Saskatchewan Gaming Corporation says 327 people (238 unionized and 89 non-union) at the two establishments are being laid off as of Monday. These employees comprise gaming floor and back-of-house staff and management at Casinos Regina and Moose Jaw, as well as SaskGaming corporate staff. These temporary layoffs
are in addition to the 251 permanent employees who have remained on temporary layoff since April 3.
are in addition to the 251 permanent employees who have remained on temporary layoff since April 3.
In a release, Gaming Corporation spokesperson Shanna Schulhauser says temporary layoffs are being made under the public emergency provisions in the Saskatchewan Employment Act. She adds SaskGaming is being met with even greater challenges than they were at the end of March which has resulted in the corporation needing to make considerable changes,
The layoffs could be extended past the 28 days that the health order is in effect for.