The question names a person; the record names a property
A reader searching for what happened to Ken from River Rock Inn is looking for a person, an incident, or a news event. No publicly published reference source supplied for this article contains any individual by that name connected to the venue. What the record does contain is a documented property history, and that is what this article can honestly cover.
The venue in question is River Rock Casino Resort, located in Richmond, British Columbia along the Fraser River. It is owned by Great Canadian Entertainment and first opened to the public on June 25, 2004. The hotel portion of the property has a total of 396 rooms, including standard rooms and suites, as well as a 144-berth marina. The casino floor offers 80 table games and 1,150 electronic gaming machines, including slots and electronic table games, plus a poker room and an off-track betting parlour.
If the reader is looking for a specific individual, an employment matter, a news story, or a local incident, this article does not answer that. The correct channels are local news archives, court records where applicable, or the venue's own public statements. None of those are reproduced here.
What the documented record establishes
The publicly published reference sources give three fixed points about this property: where it sits, when it opened, and who owns it. These are structural facts, not live status. They describe a point in time and do not change with the news cycle.
| Field | Documented value | Source type |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Richmond, British Columbia along the Fraser River | Property description |
| Opened | June 25, 2004 | Opening date record |
| Owner | Great Canadian Entertainment | Ownership record |
| Hotel rooms | 396 | Facility count |
| Table games | 80 | Facility count |
| Electronic gaming machines | 1,150 | Facility count |
The ownership line deserves one qualification. Casino properties change hands through asset sales, brand licensing deals, and restructurings where the licence and the real estate are held separately. The name on the building can stay the same while the entity behind it changes. The owner listed above is the documented owner in the supplied record, and the record does not carry any more recent transfer.
Why casino properties change names and owners
The reader asking what happened to a person at a venue may be noticing a renamed or rebranded property. Casino venues change names for structural reasons that have nothing to do with any individual.
One common pattern is an asset sale: a company sells the building and the operating business together, and the new owner keeps the established name because it carries local recognition. Another pattern is a brand licensing arrangement, where an operator pays to use a name owned by a separate brand company; if that licence ends, the venue is renamed. A third pattern is the separation of the gaming licence from the real estate: one entity owns the land and building, another holds the operating licence, and the visible brand belongs to whichever entity controls the customer-facing operation.
None of these mechanisms imply anything about a specific person. They are ordinary corporate transactions. When a reader encounters a changed name or a closed venue, the explanation is almost always in the ownership structure, not in a personnel matter.
Where the venue sits and how to place it
River Rock Casino Resort sits at coordinates 49.196257 north, -123.128141 west, in Richmond, British Columbia. That places it along the Fraser River, immediately south of Vancouver. The straight-line distances below are great-circle measurements, not road miles. Driving distance is always longer, and this article does not publish road mileage or travel times.
| Reference point | Straight-line distance (miles) | Measurement type |
|---|---|---|
| Seattle | 116.0 | Great-circle |
| Portland | 254.9 | Great-circle |
| Reno | 687.8 | Great-circle |
| San Francisco | 789.8 | Great-circle |
| Sacramento | 737.9 | Great-circle |
| Las Vegas | 986.0 | Great-circle |
| Los Angeles | 1075.8 | Great-circle |
| Chicago | 1772.5 | Great-circle |
| New York City | 2426.9 | Great-circle |
| Toronto | 2088.2 | Great-circle |
If the reader needs the distance from their own location, the honest method is to measure it themselves with a mapping tool using the coordinates above. This article cannot resolve a reference point it has not been given.
Facility figures are a snapshot, not a live count
The room count of 396 and the table game count of 80 come from publicly published reference sources. Figures like room counts, machine counts, and floor area are revised as properties are rebuilt and expanded. A reader planning a visit should treat these as documented historical figures, not as a guarantee of today's configuration.
The same applies to the gaming floor. The count of 1,150 electronic gaming machines includes both slots and electronic table games. The poker room and off-track betting parlour are documented as part of the property at the time of the source record. Whether any of these areas have been reconfigured since is a live question this article does not answer.
What to confirm before you go
Anyone travelling to this venue should confirm the changeable items through the property's own channels. The venue's own website and guest services line carry the current answers. Third-party retellings of hours, crowd levels, or amenity status go stale quickly and should not be relied upon.
Before travelling, confirm the current operating status of the hotel, casino floor, poker room, and marina. Confirm whether the documented facility counts still match the current layout. If the reader's interest is a specific person or event, confirm through local news archives or court records rather than through venue marketing channels, which will not carry personnel matters.
FAQ
Does the public record name anyone called Ken at River Rock?
No. The publicly published reference sources supplied for this article contain no individual by that name connected to River Rock Casino Resort. The record covers the property itself: its Richmond, British Columbia location, its June 25, 2004 opening, its ownership by Great Canadian Entertainment, and its documented facility counts. Personnel matters are not part of the venue's public facility record.
Who owns River Rock Casino Resort?
The documented owner is Great Canadian Entertainment. Casino ownership can change through asset sales, brand licensing arrangements, or the separation of the gaming licence from the real estate. The owner listed here is the owner in the supplied record; any more recent transfer would appear in corporate filings and property records rather than in this article.
How do I find out what happened at a specific venue?
For a specific incident or person, the correct channels are local news archives, court records where applicable, and the venue's own public statements. For current operating status, hours, and amenities, the venue's own website and guest services line are authoritative. Third-party retellings of time-sensitive information go stale quickly and should be checked against primary sources before travel.
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