Rideau Carleton Raceway’s 62nd season starts March 24, 2024
Ottawa, March 21, 2024 - The first call to the post for the Rideau Carleton Raceway’s 62nd season is scheduled for Sunday, March 24, and it promises to be a great season with numerous special events, two local Colts racing for $100,000 at the Ontario Sires Stakes, and the sport’s first full-time female announcer joining the team! Read the Full Article
Rideau Carleton Casino, Future Hard Rock and its guests donate $5,000 to the Royal Ottawa Foundation
January 24, 2024 - Rideau Carleton Casino, Future Hard Rock and its guests have bandedtogether to donate more than $5,000 to the Royal Ottawa Foundation in support of mental
health research and awareness, and its Do it for Daron fund. Read the Full Article
Daily Dish: New menu at the Rideau Carleton Casino
January 8, 2024.- Chef Wesley Boodhram gives a special preview of the new menu at the Rideau Carleton Casino's Caffé Italiano.
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Top Off at the Future Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Ottawa Construction on track at Ottawa’s new major entertainment destination
November 29, 2023 – Construction is moving fast on Ottawa’s newest major tourism
and entertainment destination, the future Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Ottawa. Ottawa Mayor
Mark Sutcliffe joined Hard Rock International Chief Operations Officer (COO) Jon Lucas,
Christine Crump, President of Rideau Carleton Casino, Future Hard Rock, and Ottawa
Senators’ President and CEO Cyril Leeder today, on a tour of the new facility’s construction
site.
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OLG’s continued community support for recreation facility projects
To date, Ottawa has received nearly $100 million in non-tax gaming revenue from OLG since slots gaming has been hosted at the Rideau Carleton Casino, Future Hard Rock.
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PINKTOBER activities help raise $15,000 for breast cancer research and awareness
November 1, 2023 - Over the past month, as part of Hard Rock International’s PINKTOBER initiatives, guests and team members at Rideau Carleton Casino, Future Hard Rock have raised $15,000 in support of breast cancer research and the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation.
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Jakob Chychrun Partners with Rideau Carleton Casino, Future Hard Rock as Community Ambassador
OTTAWA, ON, Aug. 21, 2023 - As excitement builds for Canada's first Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Jakob Chychrun, the 25-year-old defenseman who was traded to the Ottawa Senators on March 1st, has become Rideau Carleton Casino, Future Hard Rock's newest Community Ambassador.
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Rock-solid support for Wabano’s Igniting the Spirit Gala’s Canadian Shield theme Ottawa Business Journal
June 23, 2023- Sold-out dinner and auction raises funds for culturally relevant programs and services offered by Wabano Centre.
Read the Full ArticleThe Sam Laprade Show - Hour 3 - June 21st 2023
Helen MacMillan, General Manager of the Rideau Carleton Casino, future Hard Rock and Frances Daly, Director of Miinwashin Lodge join the Sam Laprade show. (20:50)
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Construction starts on future Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Ottawa
June 6, 2023 – Ottawa – Construction has officially started on Ottawa’s newest tourism and entertainment destination, the future Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Ottawa. A groundbreaking ceremony, with guests using Hard Rock’s legendary guitar-handled shovels, was held earlier today at Rideau Carleton Casino, Future Hard Rock, the site of the new state-of-the-art facility.
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Lee Aaron headlines Canada Day festivities at Rideau Carleton Casino, Future Hard Rock
Ottawa, May 24, 2023 - Canada’s rock queen and multi-platinum recording artist, Lee Aaron will beheadlining the Canada Day festivities at the Rideau Carleton Casino, Future Hard Rock on Saturday,
July 1st. Her performance in The Joint will be followed by a 20 minute fireworks display over the Rideau
Carleton Raceway beginning around 10:00pm. Ticket holders will be able to access the grandstands at
that time to view the display. Read the Full Article
Breaking the glass ceiling at the Rideau Carleton Casino, Future Hard Rock Ottawa becomes first Hard Rock International venue to implement award-winning Women in Leadership program
Ottawa, May 8, 2023 - Rideau Carleton Casino, Future Hard Rock is proud to be the firstinternational Hard Rock location to implement the award-winning Women in Leadership
program, which aims to increase women’s representation within its leadership structure. Read the Full Article
Award-winning artists take to the stage at Rideau Carleton Casino this spring
Ottawa, April 11, 2023 - Live music enthusiasts can expect a little blues, some good country music and
memorable 80s rock performances this spring at The Joint, Ottawa’s newest 19+ live entertainment
venue.
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Graduation Day for New Dealers as Rideau Carleton Casino Prepares to Reopen Table Games
Ottawa, March 30, 2023 - Rideau Carleton Casino, Future Hard Rock held a graduation ceremony for the new Dealers who completed Dealer School in anticipation of table games reopening this Friday, March 31 at 12pm. The month-long program prepared them to deal Blackjack, Baccarat and Roulette.
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Rideau Carleton Raceway season set to start April 2nd!
Ottawa, March 17, 2023 - Despite fears the call to post would not sound this year, the 2023racing season will go on after all at the Rideau Carleton Raceway (RCR) starting Sunday,
April 2nd, 2023. The season, which was originally set to kick off on March 19, was delayed
after a 2-alarm fire destroyed the Raceway’s staging barn on February 15.
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Rideau Rises from the Ashes Standard Bred Canada
Around 100 horsepeople from across eastern Ontario and Quebec gathered to assist staff at Rideau Carleton Raceway on Tuesday (Feb. 21) to clear a full storage barn in the first step to preparing a temporary paddock while the previous one, destroyed during a fire on Feb. 15, is rebuilt.
Rideau Carleton Raceway Wraps Up 60th Season The Barrhaven Independent
Another successful season of harness racing has wrapped up at Rideau Carleton Raceway (RCR) located at Rideau Carleton Casino, Future Hard Rock Ottawa (RCC). And what a season it was!
Rideau Carleton Casino's New Live-Entertainment Venue Announces Fall Events Ottawa Citizen & The Ottawa Sun
The second-floor space of the horse-racing and gaming facility has been transformed into a spacious venue with state-of-the-art sound, lights and staging.
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Rideau Carleton Raceway Casino Celebrates 60th Anniversary The Barrhaven Independent
September 20, 2022 | Rideau Carleton Raceway is celebrating its 60th Anniversary during the month of September 2022.
While the Vimy Bridge connected Barrhaven and Rideau Carleton more than eight years ago, the racetrack and the community have a much deeper connection.
In the early 1960s, Mel Barr’s original plan for his 200-acre farm was to build a horse racing track. However, one year earlier, Rideau Carleton Raceway was built across the Rideau River to the east. Barr opted for Plan B, which was to build a housing development. A community was born, and Barrhaven was named after Barr.
Now, 60 years later, Rideau Carleton Raceway Casino has grown, though not nearly at the rate that Barrhaven has. The Vimy Bridge not only makes Rideau Carleton directly accessible to Barrhaven residents – they had to slingshot through Manotick before the bridge was built – but the facility employs many people from Barrhaven.
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Gold Winner P L Notsonice shatters records in Ottawa Ontario Sires Stakes - July 26, 2020
The temperature wasn't the only record set yesterday as the province’s best sired 3 year old trotting fillies descended on Rideau Carleton. P L Notsonice was not so nice with the record book; trotting in a blistering 1:52.4 to win the $71,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Gold Trot. That time was the fastest mile trotted for any horse on this oval erasing the great Majestic Son’s record established in the 2007 Frank Ryan. That mark also set a new Ontario Sires Stakes and Canadian record for 3 year old fillies racing on a 5/8 mile track. Driver Jonathan Drury blasted P L Notsonice to the front by the quarter, shrugged off an outside challenge by Susies Lady, then never looked back. An amazing feat which may stand for many years to come.
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Watch Online as Live Racing Returns RIDEAU CARLETON RACEWAY BACK ON TRACK JUNE 7
Rideau Carleton Raceway is thrilled to announce the re-opening of live harness racing, a tradition in the Ottawa community since 1962. Live racing will commence, via simulcast starting on June 7.
Learn MoreThe Des Smith Classic Returns to Rideau Carleton in 2020 OTTAWA, ON - February 5, 2020
The 59th season of live harness racing at Rideau Carleton kicks off Sunday February 9th with a 6:30PM post time. Learn More
Rideau Carleton Casino presents the Ottawa Senators Alumni Poker Tournament OTTAWA, ON - October 26, 2019
Rideau Carleton Casino will host an Ottawa Senators Alumni Texas Hold’em Poker Tournament
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Pink Power - Battle to the Wire Ottawa, Ontario - October 18, 2018
October is the month to think PINK! There was a special buzz in the air last night as the Rideau Carleton Raceway and Casino, future home of Hard Rock, teamed up with the Canadian Cancer Society to raise awareness and funds for breast cancer research and support programs through the Pink Power Battle to the Wire event. Learn More
Rideau Carleton Casino and Ottawa Senators announce exclusive collaboration Ottawa, Ontario - October 9, 2018
The Ottawa Senators (@Senators) are proud to introduce the Rideau Carleton Casino, future home of Hard Rock Casino Ottawa, as the Official Casino of the Ottawa Senators. As two of the biggest entertainment organizations in the city, there is no better fit to energize the atmosphere at Canadian Tire Centre.
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ROCK STAR REWARDS NOW AVAILABLE AT RIDEAU CARLETON RACEWAY & CASINO FUTURE HOME OF HARD ROCK Ottawa, Ontario – February 7, 2018
Hard Rock and the Rideau Carleton Raceway & Casino are pleased to launch the Rock Star Rewards. This program offers our customers a taste of the Hard Rock treatment they can expect to enjoy at our re-energized entertainment destination which will feature new amenities and enhanced programming and gaming features.
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Hard Rock International and Rideau Carleton Raceway announce Hard Rock Casino Ottawa Orlando, FL – May 15, 2017
Following a competitive procurement process, “HR Ottawa, LP,” which will be known as Hard Rock Casino Ottawa, announces it has been selected by Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) to be the service provider for the Ottawa Area Gaming Bundle 1, transitioning the existing structure and operations into Hard Rock Casino Ottawa...
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