archited said:
I doubt that gambling is in decline @Stevey_G -- it is just that this location has been fairly isolated downtown (except on days when there are major goings-on at the arena next door). But now with hotels and condos and apartments connected by pedway, I expect their business will surge. They will probably rehire and expand their hours once again. Some studies show that, when the economy is depressed, gambling increases.
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I dunno about that. I don’t know anyone in their 20s and early 30s that goes to casinos at all. But that’s just my singular point of view.
 
Permit Type Major Development Permit
Permit Class Class A
Permit Date Oct 17, 2019
Status Approved
Description of Development To demolish an existing Casino and Other Gaming Establishment building. (Baccarat Casino)
Address 10128 - 104 AVENUE NW
 
Happy to see the casino go, but it's a shame this prominent corner wasn't slated for development sooner. Honestly, I would've rather kept Staples for a few years to have the Baccarat demolished for Edmonton Tower instead. Now it's going to be an empty lot with unspecified "urban activities".
 
PERMIT_DATE January 22, 2020
JOB_CATEGORY Commercial Final
ADDRESS 10128 - 104 AVENUE NW
NEIGHBOURHOOD DOWNTOWN
JOB_DESCRIPTION To Demolish an existing building for future development - Bacarat Casino.
BUILDING_TYPE Mixed Use (522)
WORK_TYPE (99) Demolition
CONSTRUCTION_VALUE 182,530
 
KyleBlanchett said:
Just heard some more details about the demo of the Bacarat Casino and what the plans for the space will be from the OEG. I will share more details when I can
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Last I heard they want to put a paved & landscaped parking lot on the northern 2/3s and a park on the southern 1/3. Has that plan changed drastically?
 
If its a media event, 3 possibilities come to mind... 1. an event whereby Edmontonians are made promises about the future -- a kind of rerun of past proposals, bringing them to the forefront as reminders ?, 2. an event whereby #1 is reiterated with the addition of some interim plans -- parking plus a park ?, or 3. the unveiling of a new tower structure and podium connection to existing towers -- the iconic structure that was once promised for this site, hopefully with a little more -- no, a lot more -- imagination than that which went into "tower B" ????‍♀️?‍♀️⭐????. Katz and crew have a real opportunity to enhance the public domain with some out-of-the-box thinking here -- some of the elements from the Galleria proposal, for example.
 
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