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Gold Dust Casino, St. Albert

October 14, 2008

The Gold Dust Casino is situated on a field next in the Edmonton suburb of St. Albert. The casino is approximately 20,000-square-feet in size and is attached to the Campbell Park bingo hall and a bar with off-track betting. Interestingly, the casino’s Playtime Coach Company offers charter bus services to pickup up groups and delivers them to the casino.

GoldDust Casino (St. Albert)

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HISTORY

St. Albert’s Gold Dust casino was opened in 1994 by owner Bruce McPherson after his Sandman Casino in Edmonton lasted only seven months due to competition from the recently opened Palace Casino at West Edmonton Mall. The Gold Dust became the first Alberta casino to operate 7-days a week in 1996 when it opened on Sundays.

OWNERSHIP & MANAGEMENT

Bruce McPherson is the president of Game Plan Developments, owner of St. Albert’s Gold Dust Casino. McPherson began his gaming career with Heinz Oldach’s Casino ABS but ventured out on his own in the 1980s and ran temporary casinos at Edmonton’s Mayfair Hotel and Capilano Motor Inn, before opening a permanent one at the Sandman Inn in 1990.

RECENT EVENTS

In October, 2006, the River Cree Resort and Casino opened on the Enoch reserve just west of the City of Edmonton. In November, 2006, the Century Casino and Hotel opened in northeast Edmonton.

A September 2005, article appearing in Canadian Venture magazine reported that Bruce McPherson will spend up to $10 million to expand his 17,000-square-foot casino to 40,000 square feet by year’s end.

A St. Albert City bylaw that prohibits smoking in most public places, including restaurants, bars, lounges, bingo halls and the Gold Dust casino took effect in July, 2005.

COMPETITION

The Gold Dust Casino operates in competition with five existing traditional Edmonton casinos, one Edmonton racino, and a First Nation casino on the Enoch reserve just west of the city limits.

The City of St. Albert has a population of approximately 56,000 according to the 2005 Census.

ADDRESS


24 Boudreau Road

St. Albert, AB

T8N 6K3

(780) 460-8092
 

Written by CGN · Filed Under Canadian Casinos 

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