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Parq Casino and the Edgewater before it

Parq Casino stands at 39 Smithe Street, Vancouver, on a site next to BC Place. September 29, 2017, 11 p.m. Pacific time: it opened, replacing the temporary Edgewater Casino at the Plaza of Nations.

  1. Edgewater Casinountil 2017
  2. Parq CasinoSept. 29, 2017

From Edgewater to Parq

The line starts with Edgewater Casino, a temporary casino that Paragon Gaming ran at Enterprise Hall in the Plaza of Nations. April 2011: Vancouver City Council approved moving Edgewater's licence to a planned property next to BC Place.

December 2014: the project, by then named Parq Vancouver, broke ground. September 29, 2017, 11 p.m. Pacific time: Parq Vancouver officially opened. Every Edgewater employee moved to Parq.

Anyone searching for Edgewater ends up here: Parq Casino, at 39 Smithe Street, replaced it. The casino and its poker room on Level 3 are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The copper-glass Parq Vancouver building seen from the street
Photo: GoToVan from Vancouver, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons; converted to black and white.

Who stands behind Parq

Paragon Gaming developed Parq with Dundee Corporation and PBC Group, through the joint venture Parq Holdings Limited. February 2019: Paragon sold its stake in Parq Holdings to PBC Group. After that, the paper trail goes quiet. Parq Casino's own site names no current owner, and the guide found no dated ownership change after 2019 when it checked.

Who runs it now

Owner not named on its site

Owner · as of October 8, 2026 · source

Owner not published
  1. 2017Parq Holdings Limited: Paragon Gaming, Dundee Corporation, PBC Group
  2. Feb. 2019Paragon sells its stake to PBC Group

Hours and floor

Parq Casino is at 39 Smithe Street, Vancouver, on a site next to BC Place. It is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and the poker room on Level 3 keeps the same 24/7 schedule. Hours are local Pacific time.

Slots, baccarat, blackjack and roulette share the gaming floor with electronic touch machines. Parq does not state how many poker tables its room holds.

Holiday hours are not given here, so check them on the venue's own site. Any open-now status follows the published hours, not holidays or temporary changes.

Hours · Open 24/7; poker room 24/7

Doors: hours in Pacific time

Holiday hours: check the casino's own site.

The tall lobby atrium at Parq Vancouver with escalators to the casino levels
Photo: Wpcpey, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; converted to black and white.

Door, parking and transit

Everyone shows ID on entry, regardless of age, as at every BC gambling facility since June 2023. There is no specific dress code. In a straight line, the nearest bus stop is Northbound Smithe St @ Expo Blvd (routes 17, N15), 119 m away. Stadium-Chinatown Station, the nearest on SkyTrain, is 506 m by the same measure.

Parq has two hotels, JW Marriott and The Douglas, and pay-by-plate self-parking open 24 hours. Non-event days cost $5 an hour before 5 PM, with a $20 daily maximum from 5 AM to 5 PM. From 5 PM to midnight it is $20 flat Sunday to Thursday, $25 Friday and Saturday. Encore Rewards members with at least 15 points earned park free.

Questions about Parq Casino

What came before Parq Casino?

Parq replaced the temporary Edgewater Casino, which Paragon Gaming ran at Enterprise Hall in the Plaza of Nations. Edgewater's licence moved to the site next to BC Place, and Parq Vancouver opened there on September 29, 2017.

When is the poker room at Parq Casino open?

The poker room on Level 3 is open 24/7, like the casino itself. Hours are local Pacific time, and holiday hours should be checked on the venue's own site.