What do you think of this project?

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Last time I was there (couple years ago now) there was a high stakes area for poker and a couple other games and a poker specific area. But that might have changed.
 
A gambler friend of mine told me about the lack of poker tables at the Grand Villa which is why he prefers going to the River Cree. I'm no gambler by any stretch of the imagination (I limit myself to Lotto Max and Oilers 50/50) but I'd say that's another missed opportunity for downtown Edmonton.
 
Gronk! said:
A gambler friend of mine told me about the lack of poker tables at the Grand Villa which is why he prefers going to the River Cree. I'm no gambler by any stretch of the imagination (I limit myself to Lotto Max and Oilers 50/50) but I'd say that's another missed opportunity for downtown Edmonton.
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Poker is not gambling if you know how to play =D
Not to say that I do, so I avoid it like the plague HAHAHAH

But to stay on topic, it's not like we need to become Vegas, but having a cassino can be good for entertainment and, if positioned correctly, can attract quite an interesting mix of people to the area.
 
IanO said:
Last time I was there (couple years ago now) there was a high stakes area for poker and a couple other games and a poker specific area. But that might have changed.
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There was never poker at Grand Villa. At Baccarat Casino in the past there was.

You may be thinking of a table game where you play against the house, but there hasn't been an actual poker table at Grand Villa.
 
IanO said:
Currently both of those exist upstairs.
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Technically, there are only locked doors and a sign currently.

Personally, I think this would be a great spot for the Oilers (and potentially other sport related) merchandise, but that seems to be having a lot of trouble getting off the ground too.
 
I spend alot time in Casino's. I only play Poker. It allows me to get my gambling fix and once i got better at the game allows me to be profitable too. I have walked into the Gran Villa Casino twice. The first was to ask where the Poker room was and the second time was to make sure that i heard the manager correctly when she told me that there was no poker room. I am a guy that will choose downtown over any part of the city. When my wife and go out, its downtown. When i want to go a movie, its downtown. I would love nothing more than to spend my weekends at the casino downtown playing poker but that's not possible. Poker in itself is always the least profitable $/sq. ft. in any casino, but i think the mistake is not factoring the poker player economy. Most poker players are gamblers too. Its not uncommon to be playing with someone and they go off to play the baccarat or roulette tables for an hour and then come back to the poker room. What Grand Villa did was alienate all the poker players. So there is no reason for them/us to even step foot in that casino. I may not play any other games when i go but sometimes my sessions are 8 hours or more. That means i eat 3 meals at the casino and buy water and snacks too. I thought it was extremely short sighted that they opened that Casino without a poker room and i think its a fatal mistake that they haven't added one in yet.
 
I would much more prefer a slim taller tower than wide smaller one. Given the continental climate it gets much colder as soon as sunlight is obstructed. If you imagine people would want to hang around in the evening in a dark cold plaza and have a drink outside I envy your optimism. Except on the roof maybe but that would not make the plaza more alive except in extraordinary warm days as we had last summer.
 
An update from Wednesday.
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