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A hotel at Coquitlam’s Hard Rock Casino isn’t in the cards anytime soon, according to a company spokesperson.

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Chuck Keeling, vice-president of stakeholder relations and responsible gaming with the Great Canadian Gaming Corporation (GCGC), which operates the facility, told The Tri-City News that there are no imminent plans to break ground on the project.

He cited market conditions as the main reason the company is holding off on construction, noting that demand for hotel stays is not as robust in Coquitlam as in other parts of Metro Vancouver.

“We can’t state at this point that we are moving ahead with a hotel,” he said. “We are still committed to the project but we are not there yet in terms of how best to go about it.”

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In the meantime, GCGC is pushing forward with plans to build a plaza that could be used for concerts or other outdoor events. On Monday, the company received unanimous approval from city council for first reading of the proposal and the zoning amendment is expected to go to a public hearing next month.

Keeling said the plaza would still be able to be used for parking but some changes would be made to the site to allow the casino to host show-and-shines, trade shows, musical acts or community events.

“It would allow us to operate the space as a plaza for public gatherings,” he said. “But when not used for that purpose, we would still retain the ability to park vehicles on it.”

Keeling said that if the plaza is allowed to go forward, a more scaled-down hotel could still fit on the property.

In 2011, a proposal was floated for a 21-storey hotel with 194 rooms but the design was eventually scaled back to 10 storeys and 176 rooms.

But a city staff report noted that when the hotel was initially approved by council in 2012 — when the gaming facility was known as the Boulevard Casino — it was to be 10 storeys tall, with 176 rooms and a gross floor area of 13,697 sq. m.

The proposed design in the most recent report to council shows a 12-storey building with 141 rooms and a gross floor area of 8,833 sq. m. As well, a cafe has been taken out of the hotel plans and the amount of meeting and conference space has been reduced from 652 to 298 sq m.

“The proposed new hotel design is a slimmer and taller building, with fewer amenities,” said the city staff report. “The hotel will be predominantly guest rooms, with a small amount of meeting space, plus outdoor amenities [private pool and patio].”

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Accommodations on the casino site have been in discussion since the facility opened.

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