The Crystal Casino was the first permanent government-owned
casino in the
Western Hemisphere. It opened in 1990 on the seventh floor of
Fort Garry Hotel
The Fort Garry Hotel—officially the Fort Garry Hotel, Spa and Conference Centre—is an early-20th-century hotel in downtown Winnipeg, Manitoba, that opened for the first time on December 11, 1913. Built by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, it i ...
in
Winnipeg,
Manitoba, and was run by the
Manitoba Lottery Foundation. Two new gaming centers, the
McPhillips Street Station and the
Regent Station, were opened in 1993 to replace Crystal's bingo halls. It was closed on May 22, 1997, with the two other Winnipeg casinos absorbing its operations.
CRYSTAL CASINO TO MERGE WITH CLUB REGENT, MCPHILLIPS STREET STATION: STEFANSON
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See also
* List of casinos in Canada
References
Casinos in Manitoba
Casinos completed in 1990
1990 establishments in Manitoba
1997 disestablishments in Manitoba
Defunct casinos in Canada
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