Close Quarters / All nine
Calgary's nine casinos by distance
Checked October 8, 2026By the Map Room
Nine casinos, listed by how close each stands to its nearest neighbour, from 0.5 km to 61.6 km in a straight line. Each name opens its own page, where the venue is read through the casinos around it.
The nine, closest neighbours first
ACE Casino Blackfoot
Nearest: Elbow River, 2.3 km in a straight line.
Mon to Thu 9 AM to 3 AM; Fri 9 AM to Sun 3 AM nonstop.
ACE Casino Airport
Nearest: Century Downs, 7.8 km in a straight line.
Mon to Thu 9 AM to 5 AM; Fri and Sat 24 hours; Sunday published two ways.
Century Downs Racetrack and Casino
Nearest: ACE Airport, 7.8 km in a straight line.
Sun to Thu 9:30 AM to 3 AM; Fri and Sat 9:30 AM to 4 AM.
Deerfoot Inn & Casino
Nearest: ACE Blackfoot, 9.0 km in a straight line.
Sun to Thu 9:30 AM to 3 AM; Fri and Sat 9:30 AM to 5 AM.
Stoney Nakoda Resort & Casino
Nearest: Grey Eagle, 61.6 km in a straight line.
Slots daily 10 AM to 4 AM.
The nine side by side
| Casino | Nearest | Casino hours | Poker | Parking |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cowboys Casino | Elbow River, 0.5 km | Daily 9:30 AM to 5 AM | 24 hours daily | Cowboys Casino offers free heated underground parking for casino and venue guests; the parkade clearance is 6'1". |
| Elbow River Casino | Cowboys, 0.5 km | Daily 9:30 AM to 3 AM | Sun to Wed 10 AM to 3 AM; Thu to Sat 24 hours | Elbow River Casino has secure air-conditioned underground parking. |
| ACE Casino Blackfoot | Elbow River, 2.3 km | Mon to Thu 9 AM to 3 AM; Fri 9 AM to Sun 3 AM nonstop | no poker room listed | Parking available on site (price not stated) |
| PURE Casino Calgary | Cowboys, 4.8 km | Slots 24 hours | 24 hours | not published |
| Deerfoot Inn & Casino | ACE Blackfoot, 9.0 km | Sun to Thu 9:30 AM to 3 AM; Fri and Sat 9:30 AM to 5 AM | 24 hours | not published |
| Grey Eagle Resort & Casino | Elbow River, 6.9 km | Slots 24 hours daily | no poker room | Grey Eagle Resort & Casino offers free and secure parking; on event nights overflow lots open north and south of the hotel. |
| ACE Casino Airport | Century Downs, 7.8 km | Mon to Thu 9 AM to 5 AM; Fri and Sat 24 hours; Sunday published two ways | 24/7 | ACE Casino Airport has more than 800 parking stalls. |
| Century Downs Racetrack and Casino | ACE Airport, 7.8 km | Sun to Thu 9:30 AM to 3 AM; Fri and Sat 9:30 AM to 4 AM | no poker room | Free parking; admission and parking are free for live race events |
| Stoney Nakoda Resort & Casino | Grey Eagle, 61.6 km | Slots daily 10 AM to 4 AM | cash games Friday and Saturday nights | Stoney Nakoda Resort & Casino offers free on-site parking, and free truck and RV parking for up to 2 nights when registered at the front desk. |
Distances are straight lines between map points; the route links open Google Maps.
How to read the list
The list opens downtown, where Cowboys Casino and Elbow River Casino stand 0.5 km apart in a straight line. ACE Casino Blackfoot comes next, 2.3 km from Elbow River and 2.5 km from Cowboys, also in a straight line. At a 3 km radius these three form one group, which this site calls the central trio.
Then the gaps widen. PURE Casino Calgary sits 4.8 km from Cowboys Casino in a straight line, and Grey Eagle Resort & Casino is 6.9 km from Elbow River. Toward the airport and Balzac, ACE Casino Airport and Century Downs are 7.8 km apart in a straight line: the north pair. Deerfoot Inn & Casino stands on its own in the south-east, 9.0 km in a straight line from ACE Casino Blackfoot.
Stoney Nakoda Resort & Casino closes the list, 61.6 km in a straight line from Grey Eagle, its nearest neighbour among the nine. Every figure here runs between two map points. None of them is a road distance, and none says how long a trip takes. The crow, after all, does not use Deerfoot Trail.
What changes from one to the next
Century Downs has no live table games and no poker room. Its floor holds slot machines, VLTs and fully automated electronic roulette. Poker runs 24 hours a day at Cowboys Casino, PURE Casino Calgary and ACE Casino Airport. Deerfoot Inn & Casino keeps its poker room open around the clock as well, while the poker room at Elbow River Casino runs 24 hours from Thursday to Saturday.
Deerfoot Inn has 188 guest rooms, Grey Eagle a 178-room hotel, and Stoney Nakoda 100 rooms and suites with an indoor pool. Racing belongs to Century Downs, with live horse racing on over 60 days across spring, summer and fall.
Shows draw another line on the map. Deerfoot Inn's Chrome Showroom hosts concerts, comedy shows and martial arts events, and Grey Eagle's Event Centre holds 2,952 people general admission. Elbow River Casino has live bands on its Bayou stage every Friday and Saturday night.
Questions
Which two casinos stand closest to each other?
Cowboys Casino and Elbow River Casino, 0.5 km apart in a straight line in downtown Calgary. ACE Casino Blackfoot is 2.3 km from Elbow River in a straight line.
Which casinos have a hotel?
Deerfoot Inn & Casino, with 188 guest rooms; Grey Eagle Resort & Casino, with a 178-room hotel; and Stoney Nakoda Resort & Casino, with 100 rooms and suites. ACE Casino Airport has no hotel of its own and points guests to Hotel Clique Calgary Airport and Applause Hotel by Clique, steps away.
How are the distances measured?
Each one is a straight line between two map points, one per casino, taken from OpenStreetMap. The haversine formula does the arithmetic on a sphere of radius 6,371.0088 km. It is not a road distance and says nothing about driving or transit time.