A new casino has opened in Kamloops, a city in British Columbia, Canada.
Cascades Casino Kamloops opened the doors to its new $40m, 5,800sq.m entertainment centre on Wednesday night in the same city that's home to the BC Lottery Corporation's head office.
The casino will employ 330 people and Mayor Peter Milobar says in a news release that 200 of those positions are new. Lottery Corporation CEO Jim Lightbody says the casino reflects his organisation's long-held vision to provide the city with "an outstanding gaming facility."
The facility is owned by Gateway Casinos and Entertainment, which also operates in Alberta and is looking to expand into Ontario. The company says it is currently redeveloping two properties in Edmonton.
