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Building's name

Montreal Casino

Other name(s): Pavillon de la France

Location / address
1 du Casino Avenue

Near Metro station Jean-Drapeau

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Borough Downtown
Arrondissement Ville-Marie
Centre de l'Île

7 floors(overground)

Architect

 Jean Faugeron
André Blouin  

Beginning of construction
1964

Year of construction (end)
1967

Building type
Public Building

Last update:
2013-02-13

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Montreal Casino


Picture by Alexis Hamel 2007
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History and facts about this building
The Montréal Casino was originally the French pavilion at the International Exhibition of 1967. Among the largest buildings of this event, it also is one of the few buildings to be conserved after exposure on the Terre des Hommes.

Transformed into Casino in 1993, this building is now an Montreal landmark an a main tourist places in Montreal. With many games rooms, bars, and cabaret concert hall that can accommodate large productions, the Casino is also at the heart of Montreal entertainment. It was expanded after its opening by integrating the former Pavilion of Quebec in 1996. It has more than 3200 slot machines and more ten 120 tables of poker games, blackjack and others.

Located on the Notre-Dame island in the Jean Drapeau Park, players has to take the Concorde bridge and then the Pont des îles to get there

Other information

The casino is open 24 a day 7 days a week.
Its usage is limited to 18 years and older.
This property is operated by the Society of Casino du Quebec, a division of Loto-Quebec
See the official site of the Montreal Casino follow this link (http://www.casino-de-montreal . com /)
The Casino is frequented by more than six million people annually.
In year 2006, income was more than $ 500 million.

If you have in your possession photographs of this building during the expo 67, we would be happy to put them on our site.

Architect

 Jean Faugeron
André Blouin  

Modifications :
1993 Le Groupe Arcop
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