On Monday, Vancouver’s development permit board backed a proposal from Las Vegas-based Paragon Gaming LLC that will see the company and Toronto-based partner Dundee Corporation, its financial backer, build a casino complex on provincially-owned land, next to BC. Place stadium, another Crown asset.
Final approval requires a few minor fixes to the current build proposal, and some promises from Paragon, that it will run the giant gambling house in a “socially responsible” manner. That...