There are no plans for hotels to be built anywhere else on the island, she said.Īn artist’s rendition of the Casino de Montréal with a hotel that Loto-Québec plans to build by 2030. The height of the hotel will be limited to preserve views and respect the environment of the park itself, she added. “The hotel is not eating up any green spaces it’s being built on the existing infrastructure of the casino,” Plante said. Organizers said environmental impact studies will be carried out. Plante responded that the hotel is being built on land adjacent to the casino, which is owned by Loto-Québec and thus will not affect Montrealers’ access to the park. Montrealers will lose access to an entire sector of Île Notre-Dame, he said, and the construction of a private hotel does not appear anywhere in the Parc Jean-Drapeau master plan adopted by the municipal council in 2021. Photo by Loto-Quebéc / monīuilding a private hotel goes against a report filed by the Office de consultation publique de Montréal following extensive public consultations in 20 that found “we must preserve and enhance the blue and green spaces of Parc Jean-Drapeau, its heritage and ‘the resolute affirmation of its public and accessible character,'” Sauvé wrote.

The $150-million hotel will be financed by Loto-Quebéc. This is a completely unacceptable commodification of public space.” “I cannot believe the city is going to let a hotel be built in the centre of a prestigious park. “Parc Jean-Drapeau is a jewel that deserves to be developed further, but not by adding a luxury hotel,” said Sauvé, who sits as an independent. The project was met with opposition by Montreal city councillor Craig Sauvé, who said he strongly denounces this “privatization of public space.”

The casino was built in 1993 in the former France pavilion of Man and His World for Expo 67. Plante said she expects the design of the hotel to complement the casino’s iconic architectural image. Plante said the plan will ensure the protection of the surrounding environment and will fit in with a major overhaul of the public park planned for 2030, which is supposed to provide more green spaces, enhance accessibility to the St. Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante and Quebec Tourism Minister Caroline Proulx were on hand to welcome the project, saying it would enhance Montreal’s visibility on the world stage. “Its location at the heart of Parc Jean-Drapeau will put this hotel in a class by itself. “The Casino de Montréal has been a landmark in this city for 30 years,” he said.

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