News
Release
For Immediate
Release
Ministry of Employment and Investment
01
January 6, 1998
LIST
AND LOCATION OF GAMING PROPOSALS RELEASED
--10 REJECTED, 32 TO PROCEED TO NEXT STAGE
VICTORIA--Twenty-three
casino and nine bingo gaming facility proposals have received
host local government support and will now move to the next stage
of the rigorous evaluation process, Lotteries Advisory Committee
chair Peter Clark said today.
Ten of the
original 49 proposals received by Nov. 28 did not receive local
government support by the Dec. 29 deadline. The Lotteries Advisory
Committee has returned those proposals to the proponents along
with the submission fees.
Seven proposals
for gaming facilities in the City of New Westminster may be evaluated
further depending on clarification from that city on its local
government resolution.
Clark cautioned
that the number of submitted proposals does not indicate the number
of new facilities that will receive final approval.
"As
I mentioned at the close of the request for proposals, these proposals
will be subjected to a thorough evaluation process,"
said Clark. "The
Lotteries Advisory Committee will then make recommendations to
cabinet based on these evaluations."
Proposals
that satisfy the host and adjacent local government requirements
are not guaranteed approval. Those are only two of an extensive
series of requirements set out in the request for proposals.
Other vital
components of proposals include a viable business plan (including
infrastructure needs such as water, sewer and parking), an economic
development component for destination facilities, and a detailed
market assessment highlighting the total market potential of the
proposed facility as well as the potential impact on any existing
gaming facility within the same market.
Both charitable
and destination casinos are restricted to a maximum of 300 slot
machines and 30 gaming tables.
Destination
casinos (21 proposals):
- Beecher
Bay Casino Corp./EML Casino Management Corp. Joint Venture at
Beecher Bay First Nations Reserve
- Charles
C. Colombe at Hope First Nations Reserve
- Charles
C. Colombe at Adams Lake First Nations Reserve
- Desert
Flower Resort Casino Corp./EML Casino Management Corp. Joint
Venture at Osoyoos First Nations Reserve
- Eagle
Rock Joint Venture (Kinbasket Entertainment Corp./Western Entertainment
Corp.) at Invermere First Nations Reserve
- Hearts
Casino Corp. at Pouce Coupe
- Kamloops
Indian Band Gaming Inc. at Kamloops First Nations Reserve
- Lake
City Casinos Ltd. at Penticton
- LLDC
Inc. at Tsawwassen First Nations Reserve
- Musqueam
4444 Slahal Entertainments Inc. at Musqueam First Nations Reserve
on Sea Island
- Pacific
Gaming Ltd. at Prince Rupert
- Powder
King Mountain Resort Inc. at Powder King Mountain
- Shearwater
Marine Ltd. at Shearwater
- Sodak
Gaming Inc. at Penticton First Nations Reserve
- The
Jack o'Clubs Gaming Hall Ltd. at Wells
- Toquaht
Gaming Corp. at Toquaht First Nations Reserve
- Trillium
Gaming Inc./Navegante Group Operations Inc./544507 British Columbia
Ltd. at Campbell River
- Trillium
Gaming Inc./Navegante Group Operations Inc. at Merritt First
Nations Reserve
- Westbank
Casino Corp. at Westbank First Nations Reserve
- 467768
B.C. Ltd. at Penticton
- 554381
B.C. Ltd. at Cranbrook First Nations Reserve
Destination
bingo halls (seven proposals):
- Beecher
Bay Casino Corp./EML Casino Management Corp. Joint Venture at
Beecher Bay First Nations Reserve
- Desert
Flower Resort Casino Corp./EML Casino Management Corp. Joint
Venture at Osoyoos First Nations Reserve
- LLDC
Inc. at Tsawwassen First Nations Reserve
- Musqueam
4444 Slahal Entertainments Inc. at Musqueam First Nations Reserve
on Sea Island
- Shearwater
Marine Ltd. at Shearwater
- Toquaht
Gaming Corp. at Toquaht First Nations Reserve
- 511269
B.C. Ltd. at Westbank First Nations Reserve
Charitable
casinos (two proposals):
- 471438
B.C. Ltd. at Burnaby
- 545738
B.C. Ltd. at Burnaby
Charitable
bingo halls (two proposals):
- 427967
B.C. Ltd. at Burnaby
- Canadian
Manufacturers Outlet at Kitimat
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Contact:
Don
Zadravec
Executive Director
Communications
(250) 952-0607
1998
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