IanO
Superstar
The zamboni is there behind the OHD just to the left of the main doors.
The TD is going in adjacent to that.
The TD is going in adjacent to that.
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JNO1
Active Member
TD green sighting at Rogers. Taken Thursday.
archited
Senior Member
Well that settles it! And I do like the splash of color.
IanO
Superstar
Curious about the transparency element of this space though.
archited
Senior Member
Felonius Interuptorus like to do their work in complete privacy.
Gronk!
Senior Member
Extended downtown casino closures cost province, Edmonton charities millions
AGLC unsuccessfully tried to require Grand Villa Casino to operate 7 days a week
Airboy
Senior Member
This casino is a joke in the charity communities. Even the WEM casino has a better rep. Poorly designed, poorly marketed. and thinking that they could draw off the arena crowd was nuts. Different demographics.
IanO
Superstar
Lack of 'free parking' and poor variety of games.
Avenuer
Senior Member
Most casinos should just print money conceivably, so the fact that Grand Villa was closed for so long and doesn't even operate well is something to behold.
Airboy
Senior Member
The Casino advisor I worked with last time mentioned that there was a whole lot of screw ups. one big one was not having Chinese or Asian food restaurants in the initial opening. I knew a lot of office workers that went to the old one for lunches because it was cheap. They stopped going with the new place. (My wife being one of them).
David A
Senior Member
Obviously the casino was meant to be one piece in the entertainment district. So when events stopped happening, hotels were almost empty and hardly anyone was coming downtown that had to hurt a lot.
I am not a fan of casino's but perhaps in one respect it was unfortunate timing, getting this up and running and then COVID hit. They are now getting back up to speed and perhaps dealing with issues that would have been more apparent earlier, if they had been operating more normally. I agree having Chinese or Asian food restauarants would probably help.
I am not a fan of casino's but perhaps in one respect it was unfortunate timing, getting this up and running and then COVID hit. They are now getting back up to speed and perhaps dealing with issues that would have been more apparent earlier, if they had been operating more normally. I agree having Chinese or Asian food restauarants would probably help.
Gronk!
Senior Member
The Grand Villa Casino is also missing a poker room. This is why people prefer going to the River Cree Casino.
Oilers99
Active Member
I'm not a gambler/casino person - but they built a casino to serve higher end patrons without a poker room? what?
Clearshades
Senior Member
No poker room means no special event with world elites gathered for an invitation...
As a non-gambler and have never stepped foot into a casino, WHAT...?
As a non-gambler and have never stepped foot into a casino, WHAT...?
The_Cat
Senior Member
I'm not a casino person either, but casinos like River Cree and Century have different entertainment options.