Casino Still Eyed for West of B.C. Place

Bets are still on that Edgewater Casino will relocate to a site west of B.C. Place Stadium.

Las Vegas-based parent Paragon Gaming has extended its lease with Canadian Metropolitan Properties for the Plaza of Nations casino until 2015 while Paragon and B.C. Pavilion Corporation hold their cards close to the vest.

In April 2011, Vancouver city council rejected a bid to expand the licence from 600 to 1,500 slot machines, but the city gave Paragon the green light to move the licence to a proposed $450 million casino/hotel complex on PavCo land. Company president Scott Menke told the Courier in May that he was expecting to announce the move by the start of August. That was before PavCo CEO Warren Buckley resigned and Jobs, Tourism and Innovation Deputy Minister Dana Hayden took over on Aug. 1.

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