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Hard Rock International and the Rideau Carleton Raceway Casino are moving forward with plans to invest $318 million into the South Ottawa entertainment facility. The six-year, multi-phased project is expected to produce approximately 4,000 direct and indirect jobs and will add new venues, gaming tables, and a hotel to the complex.
The first phase of the project, to begin this year pending zoning approvals, will renovate the existing casino and redesign the parking area. While the number of slot machines will stay the same, 35 gaming tables are to be added.
The second phase digs deeper, expanding the casino facility over a period of four years. This $205 million stage will include the addition of 750 slot machines, another 20 gaming tables, a steakhouse restaurant with 150 seats, a Hard Rock Cafe with 200 seats, and a 2,500-seat Hard Rock Live venue. The final phase, to be completed by 2024, will see the construction of an eight-storey, 200-room hotel and a parking garage.
The gaming destination is expected to lure Ottawa-area residents and tourists, who are spending approximately $60 million annually at gambling facilities across the river in the province of Quebec. The City of Ottawa receives annual revenues of $6 million from the Rideau Carleton Raceway Casino. The expansion and additional plans are estimated to generate $43 million in additional revenues for the City over its first ten years of operation.
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