Hotels first, with a gaming floor among the facilities under the same roof.
Montreal Casino & Hotel
Montréal, Canada
The casino occupies a pair of former World's Fair pavilions on Île Notre-Dame, a river island a short drive from downtown Montréal, with hotel accommodation associated with the complex. The architecture is the first thing most visitors comment on: stacked, angular volumes from the 1960s, glazed to the river and lit at night. Alongside the gaming floor the property runs restaurants, bars and a performance space, and the surrounding parkland gives it a setting few urban properties can match. It functions as a hotel and entertainment complex in which gaming is one facility among several.
Island setting
Modernist pavilions
Restaurants and live venue
Fallsview Casino Resort
Niagara Falls, Canada
Fallsview is built into the escarpment above the falls, and the view does most of the work — a large share of the public rooms and a good number of the guest rooms face the water. The resort combines hotel accommodation with a theatre, a spa, a shopping arcade, several restaurants and a gaming floor, all connected indoors, which matters in a town with a real winter. Guests can move from room to dinner to a show without going outside. It is a hotel first, with the gaming floor as one of the facilities on the lower levels.
Falls-facing rooms
Theatre and spa
Indoor connections
River Rock Casino Resort
Richmond, Canada
River Rock sits on the Fraser River in Richmond, close to Vancouver's airport and on the rapid transit line into the city, which makes it a practical base as much as a destination. The property includes a hotel, a marina, a show theatre, a spread of restaurants and a gaming floor. Rooms on the upper floors look across the water and the delta flats, and the transit link means guests routinely use it for stays that have nothing to do with gaming.
Riverfront and marina
Rapid transit link
Show theatre
Casino Rama Resort
Rama, Canada
Casino Rama stands on the Chippewas of Rama First Nation land near Orillia, in the lake country north of Toronto, and is owned by the First Nation. The resort pairs hotel rooms with an entertainment centre that has hosted touring acts for decades, plus restaurants, a spa and a gaming floor. The setting is rural rather than urban, so stays tend to be planned around a show or a weekend away. First Nation ownership and cultural programming are part of how the property presents itself.
