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It is the end of an era for not only downtown Vancouver’s waterfront casino but one of the remaining buildings of the Plaza of Nations.

Edgewater Casino at False Creek will close on the morning of September 29, the same day the new Parq Vancouver casino hotel resort opens across the street on the west side of BC Place Stadium.

The exterior of Enterprise Hall at the Plaza of Nations, home to Edgewater Casino. (midnightglory / Flickr)

Paragon Gaming opened the temporary casino within the Plaza of Nations’ Enterprise Hall in 2005 with the intention of constructing a new purpose-built facility in downtown. Its staff will move into the company’s new complex on the day Edgewater Casino shuts down.

Up until the casino’s move-in, for many years Enterprise Hall had been used as a space for meetings, conventions, concerts and other special events.

Edgewater Casino vs. Parq Vancouver casino hotel resort

Parq Vancouver’s purpose-built casino space is 72,000-sq-ft, about twice the size of Edgewater Casino’s 36,000-sq-ft casino floor in Enterprise Hall.

While the doubled floor area in the new casino suggests many more games, the gambling offerings of the new casino space will not exceed Edgewater’s existing license for 600 slot machines and 75 table games, which is a stipulation of the City of Vancouver’s approval of Parq Vancouver in 2013.

But the new space also features a poker room and 11 exclusive salons for a private gaming experience.

Artistic rendering of Parq Vancouver casino and hotel resort. (Parq Vancouver)

The casino could potentially expand its game offerings in the future; the original application to the City called for 1,500 slot machines and 150 table games within the same casino floor area size.

Moreover, Parq Vancouver is much more than just a casino. The $700-million, 700,000-sq-ft complex is a resort, with 517 hotel rooms between two luxury Marriott hotels, eight restaurants and lounges, 62,000-sq-ft of meeting and convention space, and a 30,000-sq-ft outdoor rooftop public space.

Future of the Plaza of Nations

The Plaza of Nations was originally built as the BC Pavilion for the Expo ’86 World’s Fair, and comprised of four structures – Enterprise Hall, the West Building, the East Building, and the covered outdoor plaza.

The West Building, remnants of the Expo monorail tracks, and the glass roof of the outdoor plaza were demolished in 2007.

Photo taken in the 2000s of the now-demolished glass roof of the Plaza of Nations’ outdoor plaza and the remnants of the monorail tracks. (Clubzone)

At the time, landlord Canadian Metropolitan Properties said the glass roof was no longer safe as the bolts holding the metal frame and glass panels together had severely rusted.

It remains to be seen what Enterprise Hall will be used for over the interim, before the Plaza of Nations is completely demolished for a major mixed-use redevelopment project.

The proposed redevelopment includes: thousands of residential units; a new entertainment district with restaurants, bistros, bars, and craft breweries; a Vancouver Canucks practice ice rink that doubles as a community public ice rink when the team is not using it; and large plazas and an extension of the seawall.

Artistic rendering of the future redevelopment of the Plaza of Nations. (James Cheng Architects)

Two hotels and a convention centre

There are two high-end Marriott-operated hotels with a combined 517 rooms, including the 329-room JW Marriott and the 188-room DOUGLAS, an Autograph Collection hotel.

The JW Marriott provides Vancouver with another luxury hotel, with rooms located between the sixth and 25th floors, and Canada’s first Spa by JW while the DOUGLAS is designed for the ‘experiential traveler’ with rooms situated between the seventh and 17th floors. A full-sized replica of a Douglas fir tree is featured in the lobby of the DOUGLAS.

Artistic rendering of the The DOUGLAS lobby. (Parq Vancouver)

Parq Vancouver also has some of Vancouver’s largest hotel meeting and convention spaces, with 62,000 sq. ft. across 13 ballrooms, boardrooms, and meeting rooms, including the 15,604-sq-ft Parq Grand Ballroom – the largest hotel ballroom in the city.

Artistic rendering of a Parq Vancouver hotel ballroom. (Parq Vancouver)

Rooftop public space

On the rooftop of the casino complex’s six-storey podium, a large 30,000-sq-ft outdoor space dubbed The Parq is said to be the resort’s crown jewel.

As a green space to enjoy a walk and take in the view or as a flexible outdoor event space, it has over 200 native pines as part of a design concept that pays homage to BC’s natural beauty.

Early conceptual artistic rendering of the Parq Vancouver rooftop space. (Parq Vancouver)

8 restaurants and lounges

Artistic rendering of Mrkt East, one of Parq Vancouver’s eight restaurants and lounges. (Parq Vancouver)

The complex will provide downtown with a major injection in new international dining offerings as it will feature eight restaurants and lounges with a wide variety of cuisines:

1886: Drawing its name from the year Vancouver’s Chinatown first emerged, 1886 offers an inspired menu of dishes from four culinary regions of China: Canton, Szechuan, Hunan, and Shanghai, with an emphasis on Cantonese cuisine. It serves dim sum, dinner, and late-night.
Mrkt East: Inspired by Singapore night markets, Mrkt East is an innovative and immersive dining experience featuring a menu of Chinese, Indian, Japanese, Thai, Singaporean, and Vietnamese favourites. Guests arriving for lunch or dinner will engage with cooks as their dishes are prepared, and the restaurant’s coffee bar will serve a variety of specialty coffees, bubble teas, espresso and pastries.
Honey Salt: It serves regionally-inspired, farm-to-table cuisines from locally sourced ingredients. Boasting a lively bar of regional beers, spirits, and inspired cocktails, and serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner (as well as brunch and afternoon tea).
BC Kitchen: Offering high quality and creative versions of classic bar “comfort” foods, with a twist. It has an exterior entrance leading directly to BC Place as a dining destination for stadium crowds.

Edgewater Casino vs. Parq Vancouver casino hotel resort

Future of the Plaza of Nations

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Two hotels and a convention centre

Rooftop public space

8 restaurants and lounges

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