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Alberta: River Cree marks milestone in $200M expansion, hopes to become ‘10-minute city’

Wednesday, June 3, 2026 3:17 PM
Image aggregated from CTV News.
  • Hannah Kavanagh, CTV News

The River Cree Resort and Casino officially marked the end of its exterior renovations in its years-long mission to double its size.

The popular attraction west of Edmonton topped off its hotel expansion with the completion of a 20th floor.

Construction will now move to the interior phase. Enoch Cree Nation, the owner, says it is on track to hit an opening deadline of July 2027.

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River Cree, which opened in 2006, broke ground on a 240-room and 40,000-foot event space expansion, including a new swimming pool, in September 2024.

Tuesday’s milestone featured a ceremony that Enoch Cree Nation Tribal Council member Kyle Peacock called a “blessing.