Bingo Palace’s Slot Machines’ New Home Quite a Sight

It may not be the nicest building in town, but it is certainly the largest. The new Campbell River Bingo Palace is bringing in slot machines, but some say it is bringing them into the ugliest building they have ever seen. Construction has just gotten to the part where they start erecting large concrete walls that many find to be an eyesore.

The company, Playtime Gaming, which owns the Bingo Palace, says that this is just temporary, and that when the entire façade is completed it will look completely different. There will be landscaping, and stucco, and all of the things that are normally on the outside of a building to make it look nice – and that they have no plans to put an “ugly” building in the middle of the area.

The town council approved the Bingo Palace and their slot machines back in 2004, against much criticism from residents. The business has been running slot machines for almost a year, and when the new structure is complete, they will have more than 100 slot machines in place.

Those groups that receive funding from the slot machines think that the increase in machines and the new structure are exactly what the town needs. Once the new structure is done, the city will start receiving roughly $440,000 in slot machine revenue annually.

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