Getting to the casinos around Edmonton

Plan your trip

Pick a casino and your part of town. You get a rough drive time, plus that casino's transit and parking notes.

Buses and the LRT

ETS runs the city buses and three LRT lines. Tap a credit, debit or Arc card on and off, on the bus or at the LRT platform. A tapped adult fare is $3 for 90 minutes.

• Grand Villa: MacEwan station, on the Metro Line, is on the north side of Rogers Place. The casino can be reached through Ford Hall and the LRT corridor from there.
• Century Edmonton: Belvedere station on the Capital Line is about eight minutes away on foot.
• Starlight: the mall's transit centre is temporarily on 90 Avenue, the same avenue as the casino's Entrance 9. Frequent routes 2, 4 and 7 stop there.
• PURE Yellowhead: route 905 stops about a five-minute walk away. It runs about every 30 minutes in the daytime, so check evening and weekend trips.
• PURE Edmonton: route 504 from Davies station stops about a five-minute walk away. The last weekday bus leaves Davies at 9:17 p.m., and weekend buses stop in the early evening.

Late-night transit at PURE Edmonton is thin. The nearest Valley Line stops are about 1.2 to 1.3 km away in a straight line. Trains at Davies stop around 1:10 to 1:30 a.m., or about 12:50 a.m. on Sunday. After that, you need a taxi, a rideshare or a car.

Owl buses run on five routes until about 3 a.m., and route 2 passes West Edmonton Mall and Belvedere. Our late-night page covers the ride home.

River Cree and St. Albert

River Cree is on Enoch Cree Nation land, just west of the city. No ETS bus or train goes there. Ride ETS to West Edmonton Mall, then take the casino's free guest shuttle, which runs every 30 minutes. The timetable is not online, so call the Players Club at 780-930-2562 for times.

Century St. Albert is reached from Edmonton by St. Albert Transit. Route 201 runs from MacEwan University and downtown Edmonton to Nakî Transit Centre. That is about 2.6 km from the casino in a straight line, across Anthony Henday Drive. Local buses toward the casino run on weekdays only, and not late. On Sundays the last 201 leaves MacEwan at 7:20 p.m.

From Edmonton International Airport

Century Mile is at the airport itself, on Airport Perimeter Road. By car, leave the QEII at Airport Road and take the first right. By transit, take the Capital Line to Century Park, then Route 747 to the terminal. It runs every 30 to 60 minutes, from about 4:10 a.m. to 12:30 a.m., for $6 each way.

From the terminal, the airport's free On-Airport Transit shuttle runs on request. Call 780-890-8983 and wait outside Door 9 on the Arrivals level. Its hours are not posted, so check before a late trip.

West Edmonton Mall, home to Starlight, is 30 to 40 minutes from the airport by car. A taxi from Door 9 to downtown is a flat $62.

Parking at each casino

Winter driving

Alberta law requires you to drive for conditions, and you can be ticketed if you don't. On slick roads, leave at least three times the usual following distance and don't use cruise control. Bridge decks are often slicker than the road around them.

The QEII, the road to the airport and Century Mile, is one of Alberta's busiest highways. Crews start clearing it no more than two hours after a winter storm.

In Edmonton, a car left on a main road or bus route during a snow parking ban can be fined $250. Hotel guests often praise Century Edmonton's free heated garage in bad weather.

Oilers games and event nights downtown

Grand Villa sits beside the 104 Avenue lobby of Rogers Place, where the Oilers play at home. Some visitors stop in for a meal or a drink before a hockey game. On event nights, a few things change.

• Parking: the ICE District Central Parkade charges posted event rates. Over 4,000 spots can be booked ahead for each event through Precise ParkLink.
• Train: MacEwan station leads straight to the arena's north entrance on 105 Avenue.
• Taxi: pick-up and drop-off is at the southwest corner of 104 Street and 104 Avenue.
• Roads: the City updates its list of special-event road closures every day. In the 2026 playoffs, 104 Avenue by the arena was set to close from the third period until an hour after each home game.

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