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GATEWAY CASINOS ROLLS OUT MORE PLANS TO RE-OPEN RESTAURANTS AND SIGNATURE FOOD & BEVERAGE OUTLETS ACROSS CANADA

The Gateway casino sites and food & beverage locations participating in the Contest may include the following: Gateway Casinos & Entertainment Limited: Grand Villa Casino, Burnaby, B.C., Personas Patio + Restaurant + Lounge; Cascades Casino, Langley, B.C., Match Eatery & Public House; Starlight Casino, New Westminster, B.C., Match Eatery. Casino- Gateway Restaurant, Thunder Bay, Ontario. 1 like 30 were here.

  • With over 25 years in operation, Gateway Casinos & Entertainment Limited is one of the largest gaming and entertainment companies in Canada. Amazing individuals just like you from across Canada in British Columbia, Ontario and Alberta, are a part of the Gateway family.
  • The Gateway casino in Thunder Bay was closed on March 16, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic (Tbnewswatch file) THUNDER BAY — Gateway Casinos and Entertainment has announced plans for the reopening.
  • Enjoy many of your favourite slots and table games. Relax with a light meal, try a savoury snack, or sip a tasty beverage at the fully licensed Getaway restaurant. An array of dining and drinking options are available for your enjoyment. Located at 50 Cumberland Street South, Thunder Bay, ON, P7B 5L4.
  • Signature patios are open for business at Match Eatery & Public House
  • Atlas Steak + Fish now open in Burnaby and Langley
  • More restaurants opening in Williams Lake, Kamloops and Ontario
  • Rigorous health & safety procedures, same excellent dining experience with a new queue system to promote safe distancing
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July 3, 2020 – Gateway Casinos & Entertainment (Gateway) is pleased to announce more plans to re-open their restaurants, including signature brands like Atlas Steak + Fish (Atlas) and Match Eatery & Public House (Match). Over the past weeks, Gateway has been phasing the re-opening of Match locations across British Columbia, starting in Langley, Courtenay, and Campbell River. In addition, they have recently re-opened Atlas Steak + Fish in Langley and their partners at Marriott opened the location in Burnaby on June 18.

In March, many industries, including casinos, restaurants, and hospitality venues were mandated to shut down due to recommendations from the provincial governments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the closure Gateway has been working diligently to put in place plans and protocols that would allow for the safe and thoughtful re-opening of their facilities when it is deemed safe to do so.

We have more plans to re-open restaurants in Ontario and BC. This week, Atlas Steak +Fish in Langley re-opened on July 2nd. For more information on hours, menu and to make reservations, please go to http://atlassteakandfish.com/. The next round of re-openings will include The Point at Chances Signal Point in Williams Lake,Barside Lounge & Grill at Chances Kamloops in the near future, with further plans being prepared for the re-opening of Match Eatery & Public House at Starlight Point Edward and at Cascades Chatham as well. These re-opening dates will be released in the coming days.

“We are very excited to re-open select restaurants and welcome back our team,” says Todd Pollock, VP, Food & Beverage at Gateway Casinos “We want to thank everyone for their support and patience during these challenging times as we work diligently to safely return to operations.”

Gateway has been busy working with government and health authorities to review and enhance the standards and protocols to ensure their facilities are clean and safe. Maintaining a clean environment is a year-round priority and it is regular practice to clean all hard surfaces, such as door handles and tables. However, with our re-opening a new virtual queue system has been implemented that will allow guests to text to join the waitlist and safely wait in their vehicles until their table is ready. This system will allow our staff to properly prepare the dining room for each guest, and ensure there is no congestion at the entrance as guests wait to be seated. This system will also allow guests to receive the menu digitally on their own personal device.

About Gateway Casinos & Entertainment

Gateway Casinos & Entertainment Limited (“Gateway”) is one of the largest and most diversified gaming and entertainment companies in Canada with 26 gaming properties in British Columbia and Ontario and two additional properties in Edmonton, Alberta. Across its entire portfolio, Gateway currently employs over 8,000 people and features approximately 421 table games (including 48 poker tables), 14,162 slots, 82 food and beverage outlets and 561 hotel rooms. A multi-pronged growth strategy has seen GCEL diversify and expand its product offering, including developing proprietary casino and restaurant brands, dramatically improving the gaming customer experience while attracting new customers. Some of Gateway’s proprietary brands include Match Eatery & Public House, Atlas Steak + Fish and the new Halley’s Club. In 2017, Gateway celebrated 25 years in the business of gaming and entertainment in Canada.

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Additional information is available at www.gatewaycasinos.com.

*All figures as of February 13, 2020

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THUNDER BAY – A slow trickle of returning customers expressed confidence in COVID-19 safety measures as Thunder Bay’s Gateway Casino welcomed customers back for the first time in over six months on Saturday.

Patrons said policies such as mandatory face masks, spacing between slot machines (table games remain closed), and plexiglass barriers between games had helped put them at ease.

Perhaps most reassuring was the province’s requirement to limit the number of customers inside at one time to 50.

“There’s not enough people to get close to,” said one customer as she left with a friend Saturday. “I think people are scared to go in because of the virus, but if you protect yourself and you stay away from other people… they’re very safe in there.”

She estimated only about 15 customers had been inside early Saturday afternoon. With the addition of a few personal protective measures, the woman said she felt perfectly comfortable inside the Cumberland Street facility Saturday.

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“I was all prepared for myself – I brought my gloves, my mask, [and hand sanitizer] so I can make sure I’m safe.”

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Given the capacity restrictions, Gateway is currently opening its doors only to My Club Rewards members, who can be accompanied by one guest. Admittance is currently by appointment only.

The company has stated it will communicate information on the new appointment system to existing members.

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Members can schedule their play time online, check in upon arrival, and wait in their vehicles until they are cleared to enter.

One of those members, Warren Kakegumick, came to see the changes for himself Saturday. He is concerned about COVID-19, he said, but compared risks at the casino to others people routinely take, such as visiting stores.

Another patron who walked away with some winnings Saturday afternoon said he agreed everyone needs to be cautious of the virus given its resurgence in other parts of the province.

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However, his first experience in the casino since it closed in March due to COVID-19 had proven reassuring.

“It felt pretty safe,” he reported. “A lot of machines are out, so there’s lots of social distancing. They come around and wipe the machines and everyone’s got masks on.”