Glyph · Vancouver
Hastings Casino at a glance
Hastings Casino draws as seven shorter rays (open 11 AM to 12 AM, Friday and Saturday until 2 AM), an empty ring with no tables and one simulcast racing dot. The large glyph on this page is built only from the facts below.
By the Glyph WorkshopChecked October 7, 2026
The glyph, mark by mark
Floor: Sunday to Thursday 11 AM to 12 AM; Friday and Saturday 11 AM to 2 AM. Live tables: No live tables.
| Day | Floor ray | Table arc |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | 13 h | No live tables |
| Tuesday | 13 h | No live tables |
| Wednesday | 13 h | No live tables |
| Thursday | 13 h | No live tables |
| Friday | 13 h | No live tables |
| Saturday | 15 h | No live tables |
| Sunday | 15 h | No live tables |
- Poker room None listed
- Hotel on site or adjoining None listed
- Racebook or simulcast racing Simulcast races from other tracks, monthly schedule
- SkyTrain station or bus exchange within 1 km Nearest SkyTrain station: Rupert Station, 2.9 km
Mark by mark
Monday sits at the top, and the other rays run clockwise. Between Sunday and Thursday, floor hours span 11 AM to 12 AM. The Friday and Saturday closing is later, at 2 AM. A day runs from 12 AM to 12 AM, so those two late hours count toward the Saturday and Sunday rays. No ray is dashed, because every day's floor hours are published, and no ray reaches the full 24 hours.
The inner ring is empty. With no live table games listed at Hastings, there are no table hours to draw, and the floor is slot machines.
Of the four rim dots, one is filled: racebook or simulcast. Races from other tracks are still shown here by simulcast, on a monthly schedule. Live thoroughbred racing ended in December 2025. The poker dot is hollow, as no poker room is listed, and the hotel and transit dots are hollow too.
Against Starlight
Starlight Casino New Westminster, the casino in New Westminster, sits 12.6 km from Hastings in a straight line. Placed over Hastings, the Starlight glyph has seven full rays because its floor never closes, while each Hastings ray stops short at night.
Both rings are empty: Starlight publishes no separate table hours, and Hastings lists no tables. Each glyph has a filled racebook dot, and Starlight's racebook is in MATCH Eatery & Public House. Starlight adds a filled poker dot for its seven-table room, open 24 hours Friday and Saturday and from 11 AM until late on other days. Neither has a hotel dot or a transit dot, and Starlight's nearest SkyTrain station, 22nd Street, is 1.6 km away.
What the marks leave out
The glyph shows hours and four marks, not what fills the room. Hastings Casino stands in Hastings Park, on the site of the Hastings Racecourse. The floor is made up of slot machines, and because its pages disagree on the number, no count is shown here.
Food and drink come in two places: Jerome's, casual dining off the racebook, and an indoor lounge by the gaming floor, with stage and full-service bar. Simulcast races keep a monthly schedule of their own. The loyalty programme is Encore Rewards.
Great Canadian Entertainment still runs the casino. It signed an agreement on November 7, 2025 for a sale of the casino portion, and the buyer is Tsleil-Waututh Nation. Before closing, both the regulators and the City of Vancouver must approve the sale. Up to October 7, 2026, no closing was announced.
Getting in
Hastings Casino is at 188 N Renfrew St, Vancouver, and its page publishes no phone number. Entry is for people 19 and older, and government-issued photo ID is required. Security staff scan the ID and match it to the record of people who may not enter, including people enrolled in Game Break.
There is no transit hub within 1 km. The nearest SkyTrain station is Rupert Station, 2.9 km away, and Starlight Casino New Westminster is 12.6 km away. Each figure is a straight line measured between map coordinates, not a driving or walking distance.
Official site: greatcanadian.com/destinations/britishcolumbia/hastings (not a paid link) · Directions in Google Maps
Plan your visit: Hastings
Behind the glyph: what the casino and BCLC publish, checked October 10, 2026. Hours change; the phones below can confirm. Directions in Google Maps
Floor
- Slots
- Slots only; the operator's own pages give different counts
- Tables
- None listed
- Racetrack
- Live racing ended in December 2025; simulcast racebook with a monthly schedule
Data: greatcanadian.com · cdcgaming.com
Food and drink
- Furlong's Eatery
- Quick-eats café; hours not published
- Jerome's
- Casual dining off the racebook; hours not published
Data: casinosbc.com · greatcanadian.com
Questions about the marks
Why is no ray dashed on this glyph?
A dashed ray means the floor hours are not published. Hastings publishes hours for every day: 11 AM to 12 AM Sunday to Thursday, and 11 AM to 2 AM on Friday and Saturday. Hours on holidays need checking on the casino's own site.
Is there a poker room at Hastings Casino?
No poker room is listed, and no live table games either. The poker dot is hollow and the ring is empty, because the floor is slot machines.
Is there a SkyTrain station nearby?
No transit hub lies within 1 km, so that dot is hollow. Rupert Station is the nearest SkyTrain station, 2.9 km away in a straight line.