Nine Metro Vancouver casinos up close

Each card shows one building, or a drawing of Valeria where no freely licensed photo exists, with its first arrival marks and a link to the venue's own page. A mark is a checked fact, placed by hand on the building in the frame. It can name the parking, the nearest stop or station, a hotel on site, or the level of a service inside. It does not show where a door is, unless the venue publishes that.

The photos come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences, and each carries a credit line with its author and licence. Some photos are years old. The River Rock and Cascades Casino Langley photos date from 2006, and the Elements Casino Surrey photo from July 2016. Signs, colours and entrances may have changed since.

Distances to stops and stations are straight lines from TransLink data, not walking routes. Parq's two station distances are the ones Parq publishes.

Two venues publish a parkade to the front door: Grand Villa Casino in Burnaby and Starlight Casino in New Westminster. Both call their parking complimentary and add outdoor lots. Parq has self-parking on site, paid by plate, 24 hours a day, at rates from $5 an hour before 5 PM to $55 for 24 hours. Cascades Casino Langley publishes none for casino guests either.

River Rock Casino Resort sits about 150 m from Bridgeport Station on the Canada Line, measured in a straight line. Cascades Casino Langley is next to the Langley Centre bus exchange, whose bays are about 130 to 190 m away.

All nine use the same Encore Rewards card. Grand Villa, Cascades Casino Delta and River Rock each have a hotel on site. Parq Vancouver has two, the JW Marriott and The Douglas. At Cascades Casino Langley, the Coast Langley City Hotel & Convention Centre adjoins the casino at the same address.