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Casino Nova Scotia is located in Nova Scotia, Canada, and has locations in Halifax and Sydney. Steelman Partners designed Casino Nova Scotia and its sister casino Sydney Casino.

Halifax casino[edit]

The Casino Nova Scotia opened a temporary location in the Sheraton Hotel Halifax on June 1, 1995. On April 24, 2000 it moved to a brand new, $100-million 'Vegas-style' facility on the downtown Halifax waterfront. It was originally owned by Caesar's until October 2005, when Casino Nova Scotia was bought out by Great Canadian Gaming Corporation. When the Casino was sold to Great Canadian Gaming the affiliated Sheraton Hotel was sold separately to the Marriott Corporation.^[1] In 2007, workers at the casino voted in favor of organizing a labor union.^[2]

The casino has 650 slots and table games. There is an attached 550-car parkade, including 14 wheelchair-accessible spaces.

The casino is connected via pedway to the Marriott Halifax Harbourfront, formerly the Casino Nova Scotia Hotel and Sheraton Hotel Halifax. The pedway also connects to Purdy's Wharf, Scotia Square, and the downtown core.

Restaurants and lounges[edit]

There are several drinking and dining facilities in the casino, including nightly buffets and Sunday Brunch buffet in the 3Sixty Buffet Restaurant, casual dining and live entertainment in the 3Sixty Lounge, and concerts, conventions and other attractions in the Compass Room and the Schooner room.

Structural engineering[edit]

Engineered by BMR of Halifax, the casino has been described as one of the most complicated in the company's history. The size of the site meant that part of the building was built over water 70 feet deep (at its deepest point). Most of the land that the casino occupies had been created years earlier when that part of Halifax Harbour was infilled with loose rock and excavation material from other construction sites — reclaimed land was too soft to serve as a stable building foundation. BMR overcame the problem by engineering a design which incorporated driving caissons through the fill material and into the bedrock below. Then, using a specially designed doughnut-shaped pile cap as a support system, the engineers worked with the form work contractor to hang the casino's floor structure on the supporting caissons like a huge wharf.^[3]

Sydney casino[edit]

Casino Nova Scotia added a sister casino in Sydney on August 1, 1995. The casino, located on George St. in downtown Sydney, was constructed as an addition to the city's Centre 200.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^Casino Nova Scotia Hotel has been renamed as the Halifax MarriottTravel Trade Gazette UK & Ireland May 12, 2006
2. ^Majority of Casino Nova Scotia workers in Halifax vote to unionizeMelanie Patten, The Canadian Press, 10-09-07
3. ^BMR Structural EngineeringArchived August 29, 2006, at the Wayback Machine

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Additional Info

Previously operated by:Empire Theatres, Odeon Theatres (Canada) Ltd.

Architects:Andrew Cobb

Firms:Rhodes, Curry & Co.

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One of Halifax’s longest-lived theatres, the Casino Theatre opened on December 11, 1916, showing the silent film “My Madonna,” starring Olga Petrova. Designed by prominent local architect Andrew Cobb and owned by businessman R.J. MacAdam, no expense was spared in the construction of the theatre, which featured several shops, a tea-room lounge on the second floor and large lobbies. At opening, it sat 1,160 (560 on the main floor, 600 in the balcony), and had a 56'x25' stage with a height of 48 feet.

The theatre had barely been open for one year when the catastrophic Halifax Explosion of December 6, 1917 occured, killing over 2,000 people and devastating the city. The Casino Theatre only suffered light damage, and was used as a shelter for survivors in the days after.

As the decades went on, the theatre received major renovations in 1941 and 1963, and was acquired by Odeon Theatres of Canada. In 1977, it was the only theatre in Halifax to play “Star Wars” resulting in lines around the block. As the Gottingen Street neighbourhood went into decline in the 1970’s and 1980’s, the theatre was acquired by Empire Theatres in 1984, and closed on August 8, 1989. The last film shown was “Ghostbusters II”.

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After closing, the theatre was used as a community performing arts space for several years, before being demolished in 1997. Today, a condominium development, Theatre Lofts, sits on the site, with suites named after elements of the Casino Theatre, which in its 73 years of operation saw monumental changes in the film industry. In Halifax, only the Oxford Theatre (which has been open for 79 years and counting) has had more longevity.

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