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Pickering Casino Resort
Entertainment Complex in Ontario, Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Pickering Casino Resort is a casino, resort, and entertainment venue that is currently under development in the Canadian city of Pickering, Ontario. The resort is part of a wider entertainment complex called Durham Live.[1][2]
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The plan received approval for development in 2017.[3][4] It is expected to create 10,000 jobs in the city of Pickering ranging from entry level to senior managerial positions.[5] It is also expected to contribute $600 million in tax revenue and $1 billion towards Pickering's GDP and represents the largest private investment in Pickering's history.[6] 60% of Pickering residents voted in favor of the development.[7] According to Universal City Condominiums, a condo developer near the resort development site, Pickering Casino Resort will include "A World-Class Casino, Year-Round Indoor Waterpark, A Giant Amphitheatre (capacity of 16,000), State-of-the-Art Cinemas and Film Studio, A Five Star Restaurant Strip, Three Luxury Hotels, Shopping Mall, A Fitness Centre and Spa, a Botanical Garden..."[8] It will also include Canada's first and North America's third Porsche Experience Center.[9] The facility was expected to be operational in the fall of 2019 or by late 2019. Construction of the structures are in the advanced stages.[10] The building permit for the city of Pickering to go ahead with this development has cost $1.6 million.
The City of Pickering, the Durham Region and Toronto governing authorities are actively involved in this project due to the magnitude of investment and effects on zoning bylaws.[11]
The first phase of the development, the casino, was opened to the general public on July 26, 2021.[12]
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