City of Windsor shows off improvements brought by Caesars revenue sharing

Pratyush Dayal · CBC News

· Posted: Apr 30, 2025 8:26 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

The City of Windsor showed disconnected immoderate of what revenue payouts from Caesars Casino bring to the assemblage Wednesday. 

The metropolis receives an yearly stock of gaming gross from the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation done the casino. In 2024-25, the payout was about $9.5 cardinal and successful 2023-2024, it was astir $9.9 million. 

Documents amusement the metropolis had budgeted to person $553,053 much successful 2024-25 but the payout was little "as a result of Caesars Windsor's station pandemic recovery."

A cheque ceremonial to observe the multimillion dollar publication was held Wednesday greeting astatine Wilson Park, adjacent to Adie Knox Herman Recreation Complex. 

The funds are helping to support upgrades similar pickleball courts, a caller splash pad, and improvements to the complex.

Ward 3 Coun. Renaldo Agostino, who was successful attendance, said this is simply a infinitesimal to bespeak connected the "tremendous support" OLG has provided to the metropolis for much than 3 decades.

"The generous yearly contributions person and proceed to enactment everything from agrarian improvements, infrastructure upgrades, parkland enhancements, caller playground equipment, recreation facilities, economical improvement initiatives, and helping america support the municipal taxation levy increases low," Agostino said. 

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He said that "momentum" of concern volition transportation into the 2025 fiscal year.

Agostino added that aboriginal plans see interior upgrades to the west-end recreation centre itself, including a caller gymnasium, modernized alteration rooms, and multi-purpose programme spaces with operation underway.

OLG elder municipal relations manager Kathleen Devine, who presented the cheque, said each municipality that hosts a casino signs a municipality publication statement with the OLG. 

"This year, due to the fact that of this parkland and each the large things and enhancements, the city's squad decided to travel retired present and showcase this Wilson Park," Devine says. 

She said this wealth is from the erstwhile fiscal twelvemonth and successful erstwhile years has gone to assistance successful roadworthy work, potholes, flood preparations, parks and recreational activities.

"It's each astir improving beingness for radical successful the community, close successful and astir the City of Windsor," she said.