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Casino Regina is located in downtown Regina’s historic Union Station. Designated as a heritage site in 1991, the building served as Regina's train station from 1912 until 1990, when passenger rail service to Regina ended. Now, open to the public seven days a week for 20 hours of the day, it is a building that rarely sleeps. Casino Regina knows how to entertain. Throughout the year, according to my sources, the casino hosts a number of events and live shows. I have just freshly come off of vacation where there was a Rod Stewart tribute show in the making and I quite enjoyed the live bands performing on stage. Information Phone Hours: 10am–6pm non-show/event nights 10am–10pm on show/event nights. 1880 Saskatchewan Drive Regina, Saskatchewan S4P 0B2 1-800-555-3189 contact@casinoregina.com.
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| Casino Regina | |
|---|---|
| Casino Regina | |
| Location | Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada |
| Address | 1880 Saskatchewan Drive |
| Opening date | January 26, 1996 |
| Theme | Union railway station (actual former use) |
| Casino type | Land |
| Owner | Saskatchewan Gaming Corporation |
| Architect | J.F. Orroch |
| Previous names | Union Station (railway station) |
| Years renovated | 1995 (converted to a casino), 2001, 2009 |
| Coordinates | 50°27′10″N104°36′31″W / 50.452737°N 104.608727°WCoordinates: 50°27′10″N104°36′31″W / 50.452737°N 104.608727°W |
| Website | www.casinoregina.com |
Casino Regina is a casino located on Saskatchewan Drive in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. It operates in the city's former union station, a Tyndall and ashlar stone structure completed in 1912. The casino is owned and operated by Sask Gaming.
History
The Beaux-Arts style Union Station was constructed in 1911-12 and was actually Regina's third train station; the first is now a museum in Broadview, Saskatchewan. The station was completed the same year the deadly 'Regina Cyclone' struck the city, tearing through Wascana Park and gutting part of the downtown area. The building underwent a major expansion in 1931, and the original façade was redone in a simpler Art Deco style with Tyndall stone. As well, terrazzo floors, marble support columns and plaster molded ceilings where added to the interior.[1]
In the early 1990s, cutbacks to rail services throughout Canada lead to the closure of Regina's Union Station. The Station had been an important part of Regina's history and heritage since its opening in 1912. After the station's closure, its fate remained unknown for several years. Union Station was designated as an official heritage site in 1991.
By 1995, a $37 million construction project began to convert the vacant station into the province's first casino. In 1996, Casino Regina opened.
Description
The building contains old railway police jail cells in the basement that were used for transporting prisoners, and shows evidence of a tunnel representing a system of underground passages said to stretch several blocks east of the casino and south all the way to the stately Hotel Saskatchewan. How these tunnels were used is anyone's guess, but one could likely assume they were used for illegal activities, perhaps rum running during prohibition, for one. And there are rumours that Chicago gangster Al Capone was familiar with Regina and her tunnel system. These tunnels were destroyed during the construction of the Cornwall Centre, a major downtown shopping complex.
Inside, positioned on a wall in the central hall, is a schedule board displaying the arrivals and departures on the day the train station closed back in 1990. The hall itself, formerly the station's main concourse, features a high ceiling with simple chandeliers and a clock near the top of the back wall.
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The casino houses some 800 slot machines, 35 table games, and an 8-table poker room, as well as a larger room for its almost daily poker tournaments. The 800-seat Show Lounge features entertainers, and meals are served in The Last Spike and Rail Car restaurants, as well as in the CPR Lounge. Regularly scheduled Union Station historic tours are another attraction, as are the nightly LED shows.
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Casino Regina is a notable employer in the city, employing 664 people, over fifty percent of whom are Aboriginal.
See also
References
- ^'Union Station'. Canadian Register of Historic Places. http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=2782&pid=0. Retrieved 2011-02-08.
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