Shuttle scuttled between Barrie and Casino Rama
Casino Rama is cancelling a shuttle service from Barrie.
The free ride will end Aug. 31.
“While the shuttle service is no longer running to Casino Rama Resort, transportation services will continue to be provided to our sister property, Gateway Casinos Innisfil,” said spokesperson Natasha Borutski, adding the latter facility is “closer to home” for Barrie residents. “This service is complimentary and open to all members of the Players Plus Club and Casino Rama Resort’s Players Passport Club. Both memberships are free to join.”
Under an Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation modernization project, Gateway Casinos Innisfil and Casino Rama were grouped together as the central gaming bundle.
On July 18, Gateway Casinos and Entertainment was awarded the central bundle and now operates both facilities.
The impending cancellation of the shuttle service prompted a social media post from a Barrie-based patron who argued the casino was “keeping us stranded” and preventing players from visiting the casino and using their meal vouchers.
Asked if the Innisfil operation would honour vouchers issued for Casino Rama, Borutski said, “we are still exploring different options to best service all our customers” once the shuttle service to Rama ends.
The bus between Barrie and Casino Rama four times daily and averaged four riders per arrival.