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Casino Nanaimo, an Evening Hour by Hour

The parts of Casino Nanaimo do not all open at the same hour. The timeline below shows the order they open in on a weekday and on a Friday or Saturday.

By the First Night deskChecked October 14, 2026

Comic drawing of the same young woman sitting on waterfront steps at dusk, glancing at her wristwatch, boats and lit shopfronts behind her.
Drawing: the young woman is a generated character of this guide, not a real person and not casino staff.

Doors open

Doors and breakfast at 10 a.m.

The doors open at 10 a.m. every day of the week. The Well Public House, the casino's pub, opens at the same hour and serves food from breakfast onward. From opening, more than 400 slot machines are ready on the floor, and a spin can cost as little as one cent.

At noon, the Action Arena opens. It holds the electronic tables, which run table games on machines with no dealer: $1 Roulette, $2 Blackjack and $5 Baccarat. No closing time is posted for it.

Posted hours · Pacific time

What opens when

Monday to Thursday

  • Doors and slots10 a.m. to 1 a.m.
  • The Well Public House10 a.m. to midnight
  • Action Arenafrom noon, closing not posted
  • Live tables4 p.m. to midnight
  • Poker room5 p.m. to midnight

Friday and Saturday

  • Doors and slots10 a.m. to 2 a.m.
  • The Well Public House10 a.m. to 2 a.m.
  • Action Arenafrom noon, closing not posted
  • Live tables11 a.m. to 2 a.m.
  • Poker roomnoon to 2 a.m.

Sunday

  • Doors and slots10 a.m. to 1 a.m.
  • The Well Public House10 a.m. to midnight
  • Action Arenafrom noon, closing not posted
  • Live tables11 a.m. to midnight
  • Poker roomnoon to midnight

The Action Arena opens at noon every day; no closing time is posted, so its bar runs to the doors' closing with an open end.

Weeknights

A weeknight, Monday to Thursday

Monday to Thursday, the live tables open at 4 p.m. with their dealer-run games: Ultimate Texas Hold'em, RUYI Baccarat, Free Bet Blackjack and Kings Bounty Blackjack. At 5 p.m. the poker room opens, dealing $1/$3 No Limit Texas Hold'em, where No Limit means a player can wager every chip they have on the table. Both the tables and poker close at midnight.

The Well Public House also closes at midnight. Doors close at 1 a.m., an hour after the tables. Poker seats go through a waitlist, the list of players waiting for a seat, and you must be inside to join it.

Friday and Saturday

Late Fridays and Saturdays

On Friday and Saturday the live tables open much earlier, at 11 a.m. Poker starts at noon. Both run until 2 a.m., and so do The Well Public House and the doors themselves.

Sunday follows the weekend pattern by day and the weekday pattern at night. Live tables open at 11 a.m. and poker at noon, both closing at midnight. The Well also closes at midnight, and the doors close at 1 a.m. A poker player paged three times who does not show is taken off the waitlist automatically. Holiday hours are not published, so call 250-753-3033.

Getting there

Reaching Terminal Avenue

Casino Nanaimo is at 620 Terminal Ave, downtown. In a straight line it sits 3.3 km from the Departure Bay ferry terminal and 3.2 km from Duke Point. Departure Bay has frequent transit to downtown.

Duke Point lies across the harbour, so the road from there is longer than the line, and it has no public transit. Foot passengers there need a taxi, a rideshare or a pickup.

If you are coming by bus, note that some 240 m separate the casino from Bay D of the Downtown Nanaimo Exchange in a straight line. The stop at Victoria Cres at Albert St is closer, roughly 150 m from the door. Routes 1 Nanaimo Rapid Line, 5, 6, 20, 20A, 30 and 72 call there. A third stop, Front St at Museum Way, sits roughly 180 m off. Parking at the casino is free, but there is no hotel and no shuttle.

  • about 150 mVictoria Cres at Albert Stroutes 1, 5, 6, 20, 20A, 30, 72
  • about 180 mFront St at Museum Waybus stop
  • about 240 mDowntown Nanaimo Exchange, Bay Dbus exchange
  • 3.2 kmDuke Point ferry terminalstraight line; no transit there
  • 3.3 kmDeparture Bay ferry terminalstraight line; frequent transit

At The Well

The Well's weekly evenings

Weekly entertainment takes place at The Well Public House, with the lineup listed on the casino's own events page at casinonanaimo.com. Anyone attending those evenings needs to be at least 19 and carry government-issued photo ID to show. Since holiday hours are not published, confirm on the venue's own site or by calling 250-753-3033 ahead of a holiday visit. All times given on this page are Pacific time.

Questions

Quick answers

The desk answers from the facts checked for this guide. Tap a question to open the answer.

Is anything open at 11 a.m. on a Monday?

The doors and The Well Public House open at 10 a.m., so the slots and the pub are running. The Action Arena opens at noon, live tables at 4 p.m. and poker at 5 p.m.

What shuts first on a Thursday night?

The live tables and the poker room both close at midnight, as does The Well. The doors stay open until 1 a.m.

When do the doors close on a Saturday night?

The doors close at 2 a.m. on Saturday, as on Friday. Live tables, poker and The Well Public House all run until 2 a.m. too.

Will British Columbia change its clocks in spring?

British Columbia no longer changes its clocks. It has stayed on the same time all year since March 8, 2026, seven hours behind UTC.

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