Olympic Village housing up for ransom?
Rich Coleman is in charge of the Lottery Corporation and Casino licenses. He wants city approval this fall for the BC Place casino development. But what cards does he hold in his poker hand? Rich...
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Las Vegas comes to BC
In two weeks the City of Vancouver will hold a public hearing to consider a rezoning request for a casino, operated by Paragon Gaming, on the BC Place lands. The Paragon proposal is part of a...
View ArticleDid Rich Coleman tell the truth about BCLC and Paragon?
Tomorrow, the city sponsored hearings resume on Paragon’s zoning application for a new casino at BC Place Casino. They continue Sunday during the day and Monday night if required to hear from the 211...
View ArticleParagon pre deal
Information obtained through a new FOI makes it clear that the BC Pavillion Corporation (Pavco) was planning to relocate Edgewater Casino to the BC Place redevelopment up to a year before issuing an...
View ArticlePavco, Telus and the BC Liberals: it’s war
Maybe. It certainly is a mess. To recap, the BC Place redevelopment was supposed to cost $365 million when first announced in 2009. Then it was $458 million in 2010. By the time the project was...
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Stenography wins, you lose
Some things you just don’t talk about: Podmore and Casino promoter Scott Menke Jeff Lee managed to obscure more than he reported yesterday in his front page piece on the resignation of David Podmore at...
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BC Place meet Paragon Gaming
Ex Deputy City Manager and PAVCO consultant Brent McGregor It’s been months and months since I wrote on BC Place. But that doesn’t mean I haven’t been working. This week it paid off. I finally...
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BC Place: another one for the Auditor General?
Today, Bob Mackin will likely be the only member of the press in court covering the “dirty roof” suit which has the cable installer sub-contractor suing their cable supplier sub-contractor over the...
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BC Place Audit: A new and better reason for the Auditor General to investigate
Paragon’s BC Place/Casino proposal The BCNDP has made a formal complaint to the Auditor General regarding the BC Place redevelopment project. Bob Mackin is the only reporter covering the story over at...
View ArticleSelling the Stadium? Can’t come soon enough.
Good on Adrian Dix for belling the cat that is BC Place as currently run by the BC Liberals. BC Place is the end repository of hundreds of millions of tax dollars that provide little or no public...
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