{"id":539836,"date":"2026-03-16T09:33:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T09:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/539836\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T09:33:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T09:33:08","slug":"semiahmoo-first-nation-to-acquire-elements-casino-surrey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/539836\/","title":{"rendered":"Semiahmoo First Nation to Acquire Elements Casino Surrey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiangaming.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Elements-Casino-Surrey.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"400\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Elements-Casino-Surrey-696x400.jpg\"   alt=\"Elements Casino Surrey\" title=\"Elements Casino Surrey\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>SURREY, B.C. \u2013 The Se-mi-ah-mu Development Corporation, the economic development arm of Semiahmoo First Nation, has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase Elements Casino Surrey from Great Canadian Entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>Great Canadian\u2019s Board of Directors unanimously approved the transaction, which remains subject to financial commitments, customary closing conditions, as well as customary approvals by the regulatory authorities and the City of Surrey, which owns the underlying real property at Elements Casino Surrey. Under the terms of the definitive agreement, the company will provide transition services to Se-mi-ah-mu for up to one year post-closing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s announcement marks the eighth agreement we have executed with B.C.-based First Nations for the sale of our B.C. operations,\u201d said Matt Anfinson, CEO of Great Canadian. \u201cWe are thrilled that the Semiahmoo First Nation is eager to enter the province\u2019s casino sector with the purchase of Elements Casino Surrey. Our next step will be to continue to work with the Se-mi-ah-mu team to timely close this transaction and then work with Se-mi-ah-mu and the Elements Casino Surrey team members for long term success.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis acquisition represents an important step forward in strengthening economic opportunity for Semiahmoo First Nation and reaffirming our presence within our traditional territory as a strong and capable business entity,\u201d said Chief Harley Chappell of Semiahmoo First Nation. \u201cThrough this new venture, we look forward to creating meaningful benefits for our people, supporting employment opportunities in the region, and contributing to the long-term well-being and prosperity of our community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Munnings Law is serving as legal counsel to Se-mi-ah-mu and McMillan is serving as legal counsel to Great Canadian.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SURREY, B.C. \u2013 The Se-mi-ah-mu Development Corporation, the economic development arm of Semiahmoo First Nation, has entered into&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":539837,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[49,48,87674],"class_list":{"0":"post-539836","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-surrey","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-surrey"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=539836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539836\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/539837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=539836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=539836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=539836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}