What stands behind each door
Edmonton Casino Online: Behind Each Door
Checked October 8, 2026By the Threshold Desk
Eight casino doors stand around Edmonton, and each opens on something besides the gaming floor: a stage, a hotel, a late kitchen, a racetrack or an indoor link. Pick what the evening needs, and the doors that have it open.
Tap a door to look inside
- Show room: River Cree, Century Edmonton, PURE Edmonton, PURE Yellowhead
- Hotel under one roof: Starlight, River Cree, Century Edmonton
- Food after 11 pm: Starlight, River Cree, Century Edmonton, St. Albert, PURE Edmonton, PURE Yellowhead
- Racetrack: Century Mile
- Indoor link: Grand Villa, Starlight
- Big stage (500+): River Cree, Century Edmonton, PURE Yellowhead
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Eight doors, one map
The eight doors spread out from Sir Winston Churchill Square, in straight lines. Grand Villa Casino Edmonton stands 0.5 km away, PURE Casino Edmonton 5.1 km and Century Casino & Hotel Edmonton 6.3 km. Farther out come PURE Casino Yellowhead at 7.5 km, Starlight Casino Edmonton at 9.0 km and Century Casino St. Albert at 11.5 km. River Cree Resort & Casino sits at 14.2 km, and Century Mile Racetrack & Casino at 25.9 km.
Behind Grand Villa, Ford Hall links the downtown pedway to Rogers Place and MacEwan LRT station. Starlight opens into West Edmonton Mall, with Fantasyland Hotel connected indoors. River Cree has a 249-room hotel and The Venue, a hall for up to 2,500. Century Edmonton pairs a 26-room hotel with a showroom seating about 500 and a Yuk Yuk's room for about 200.
At PURE Yellowhead, the Pearl Showroom holds up to 500 standing. PURE Edmonton has The Social, for private events of up to 85. St. Albert has no hotel and no separate showroom, but its kitchens serve past 11 pm. Century Mile has a full one-mile racetrack and no hotel on site.
Starlight Casino Edmonton
9.0 km from Churchill Square, straight line.
- Hotel under one roof
- Food after 11 pm
River Cree Resort & Casino
14.2 km from Churchill Square, straight line.
- Show room
- Hotel under one roof
Century Casino & Hotel Edmonton
6.3 km from Churchill Square, straight line.
- Show room
- Hotel under one roof
Card photos via Wikimedia Commons: Grand Villa by IQRemix from Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0; River Cree by 117Avenue, CC BY 4.0; Century Mile by Century.mile, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Ways in from indoors
Behind Grand Villa Casino Edmonton, Ford Hall links the downtown pedway to Rogers Place and MacEwan LRT station. The casino lists direct access from the station. Starlight Casino Edmonton sits on Level 2 of West Edmonton Mall, next to the ice rink and Zara, with its own outside door at Entrance 9 on 90 Avenue. Fantasyland Hotel is inside the same mall, with an indoor connection.
Century Casino & Hotel Edmonton keeps its 26-room hotel attached to the casino. Below ground, a complimentary heated garage has 300 spaces, plus 600 on the surface.
River Cree Resort & Casino does not share a roof with the mall. No ETS bus or LRT reaches it, so the resort runs a free shuttle from West Edmonton Mall every 30 minutes. The full schedule is not published online; the Casino Players Club gives times at 780-930-2562.
Stages by published capacity
Five rooms around Edmonton publish a capacity, and the bars below are drawn from those figures. The Venue at River Cree holds up to 2,500, depending on setup. Every show there is 18+, and the hall is entered through the main entrance. On this site a stage counts as big at 500 or more.
Century Casino & Hotel Edmonton has two rooms: a Showroom seating about 500 for concerts, and a room of about 200 that hosts Yuk Yuk's Comedy Club. The Pearl Showroom at PURE Casino Yellowhead is 18+ and holds up to 500 standing, with a stage, dance floor and full-service bar. The Social at PURE Casino Edmonton takes private events of up to 85. The guide does not track what is on stage on a given night.
Bars are drawn to the published capacity; a big stage here means 500 or more.
Music without a published capacity
- Halley's Club at Starlight: special events and private bookings only; capacity not published
- Celly's Sports Bar & Lounge at St. Albert: free live music Friday and Saturday evenings; no showroom
- Match Eatery & Public House at Grand Villa: live music and DJs; no show room capacity published
After the last show
Six of the eight casinos list food later than 11 pm on at least one night. At River Cree, Cree Subs sells sandwiches, hot dogs and tacos in a bag until 5 am, and Fatburger serves until 4 am. At PURE Casino Edmonton, SNAX Pantry & Wok stays open to 3 am Thursday to Saturday.
PURE Casino Yellowhead's SNAX serves daily until 2 am. Celly's at Century Casino & Hotel Edmonton keeps its kitchen open until 1:30 am. In St. Albert, Mid City Grill and Celly's both run to 1 am. Starlight's ATLAS Steak + Fish serves until midnight on Friday and Saturday.
Grand Villa's kitchens close by 11 pm, and at Century Mile only the Derby lounge is listed past that hour. Holiday hours should be checked on each venue's own site.
- Cree Subs at River CreeDaily 11 am to 5 am
- Fatburger at River CreeDaily 12 pm to 4 am
- SNAX Pantry & Wok at PURE EdmontonSun to Wed to 2 am; Thu to Sat to 3 am
- Center Bar (food and drinks) at PURE EdmontonSun to Wed to 2 am; Thu to Sat to 3 am
- SNAX Pantry & Wok at PURE YellowheadDaily 11 am to 2 am
- Celly's Sports Bar & Lounge (kitchen) at Century EdmontonKitchen daily to 1:30 am
- Tap 25 Sports Bar (food) at River CreeFood daily 5 am to 1 am
- Social Bar & Lounge (food and drinks) at PURE YellowheadFri and Sat 5 pm to 1 am
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Questions
Which Edmonton-area casinos have a hotel?
River Cree has 249 rooms on site, and Century Casino & Hotel Edmonton has a 26-room attached hotel. Starlight connects through West Edmonton Mall to Fantasyland Hotel. Grand Villa, Century Casino St. Albert, Century Mile and both PURE casinos have no hotel on site.
Where is the biggest stage by published capacity?
The Venue at River Cree holds up to 2,500 people, depending on setup. The next published figures are about 500, at the Century Edmonton Showroom and the Pearl Showroom at PURE Yellowhead. River Cree shows are 18+.
Where can you eat after midnight?
At River Cree, Cree Subs runs daily until 5 am and Fatburger until 4 am. PURE Casino Edmonton, PURE Casino Yellowhead, Century Edmonton and Century St. Albert also list food past midnight. Starlight's ATLAS Steak + Fish serves to midnight on Friday and Saturday.
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Can you play casino games online legally in Alberta?
Alberta's regulated market launched on July 13, 2026, for operators registered with AGLC that have signed an operating agreement with AiGC. Any site can be checked in the AiGC directory at abigaming.ca/players/registered-igaming-sites. A site not listed there is not regulated.