Woodbine Casino Map
Toronto is getting a new casino. Earlier today, city council approved the much debated expansion of the Woodbine Racetrack in Etobicoke into a gambling wonderland with five new facilities featuring restaurants, bars, retail, a performance venue and office space.
Casino Woodbine smacks of the mobile charity casinos over 20 years ago in Toronto area. Those casinos feature lopsided odds in table games in favor of the house and spent little in sprucing up the facilities. This is exactly what Casino Woodbine is: a warehouse casino (nothing. Casinos in Woodbine on YP.com. See reviews, photos, directions, phone numbers and more for the best Casinos in Woodbine, NJ. For a city the size of Toronto, we should be embarrassed to call Woodbine a Casino. From the moment you arrive, the place is filthy, zero customer service,slots machines are broken, redemption machines are down so you have to wait in a line up (30 minutes) at the cashier where.
The casino marks just one of two ambitious projects planned for the Toronto area. A sprawling new casino, hotel and waterpark is also expected to be built in nearby Pickering.
This rendering shows the scope of the new casino in Etobicoke. Image courtesy Woodbine Entertainment Group.
Gaming at Woodbine Racetrack currently brings in about $16 million in annual revenues for the city. It's predicted that once the casino is in operation, the amount could rise to between $26 million and $31 million per year.
And the major Woodbine casino item as amended is APPROVED by Toronto City Council, 26-15. Expanded gambling coming to North Etobicoke. pic.twitter.com/CtDZStSaiG
— Matt Elliott (@GraphicMatt) April 26, 2018Not everyone is on board with the plans. Councillor Joe Cressy tried to put forward a motion to limit the Woodbine casino's operating hours to no more than 18 hours per day. It failed.
In 2018, in Toronto, City Council is about to approve the expansion of gambling and casino facilities in Etobicoke in order to spur economic development. This is the absolute wrong way to build a healthy and economically strong City.
— Joe Cressy (@joe_cressy) April 26, 2018Another motion sought to develop a child care centre near the casino with a stipulation that the casino operators put up as much as $5 million to make it happen. It passed.
The casino is one step closer to reality, now it's up to the province of Ontario and the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation. This final approval is expected to be a mere formality.
Casino Woodbine will be reopening at 10:00AM on Saturday, November 14, 2020, as a result of the Ontario provincial government’s announcement allowing the reopening of certain businesses. The Ontario provincial government mandated that certain businesses, including casinos, in certain regions of the Province temporarily suspend operations on October 9, 2020 as part of the effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Great Canadian remains committed to providing a safe environment for both its guests and team members, and as such, Casino Woodbine will be reopening with the significant and comprehensive health and safety protocols it introduced as part of its first reopening on September 28, 2020. With the reopening of the property, Casino Woodbine will be joining the Company’s other 10 casino properties currently operating in the Province.
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