Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Ottawa

Name

Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Ottawa

Legal name

Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Ottawa

Website

https://casino.hardrock.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2025

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Integrated Resort and Casino Hospitality

NAICS

Casino Hotels (721120), Casino Hotels (72112)

SIC

Hotels & Motels (7011), Hotels, Rooming Houses, Camps & Other Lodging Places (7000)

akta.pro primary industry

Integrated Casino Resorts (THAGAJAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Integrated Casino Resorts (Casino + Hotel/Entertainment) (MPAEAAAA), Destination Casino Hotels (THAGAJAC)

Keywords

• Casino gaming services
• Integrated resort hospitality
• Hotel accommodations
• Live entertainment venues
• Food and beverage

Headquarters

HQ city

Ottawa

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Gaming Operations: Primary revenue from casino gaming including slot machines and table games. The property features 1,500 slot machines and up to 40 table games generating recurring gaming revenue from customers.
2. Hotel Accommodations: Revenue from 150 guest rooms and suites available for nightly rental to casino visitors and tourists.
3. Food and Beverage: Revenue from 10 restaurants and bars operating within the integrated resort property.
4. Entertainment: Revenue from live entertainment events and performances held at the gaming and entertainment venue.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Ottawa is a fully integrated resort operating casino gaming, hotel accommodations, food and beverage, and live entertainment at a single destination property in Ottawa, Ontario. The property features 150 guest rooms and suites, 1,500 slot machines, up to 40 table games, and 10 restaurants and bars across more than 150,000 square feet of gaming and entertainment space. It is Hard Rock International's first fully integrated resort in Canada and rebranded the existing Rideau Carleton Casino when it opened on July 3, 2025.

Product overview

Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Ottawa is a single integrated resort property offering hotel accommodations, casino gaming, dining, and entertainment services. The property features 150 guest rooms, over 150,000 square feet of gaming space with 1,500 slot machines and up to 40 table games, along with 10 restaurants and bars. As Hard Rock International's first fully integrated resort in Canada, it combines traditional casino gaming with Hard Rock's music-inspired hospitality brand. The property participates in the Unity by Hard Rock global loyalty program and supports Hard Rock Bet sports betting platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Casino Gaming Floor (Slots, Table Games, Poker)

Quantifiable outcome

• 700 local jobs created
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood: Hard Rock International's flagship integrated resort in Hollywood, FL. Direct sibling property operated under the same parent (Seminole Tribe/Hard Rock International) with the same Hard Rock brand, gaming, hotel, and entertainment model; serves as the operational template for the Ottawa property.
• Fallsview Casino Resort: Major Ontario integrated casino resort in Niagara Falls operated by Mohegan Gaming under OLG. Same Ontario regulatory framework as Ottawa, similar integrated gaming/hotel/entertainment model, and a primary competitive overlap for the Ontario gaming tourist.
• Casino Rama Resort: Ontario-based integrated casino resort operated by Gateway Casinos, featuring gaming, hotel rooms, restaurants, and live entertainment. Direct competitor for the Ontario gaming and entertainment dollar, particularly for the Greater Toronto Area and northern Ontario visitors.
• Caesars Windsor: Caesars Entertainment's Ontario integrated casino resort in Windsor, featuring hotel, gaming, dining, and entertainment. Direct Ontario competitor and the closest international-border property competing for cross-border gaming traffic from Detroit.
• MGM National Harbor: Mid-Atlantic integrated casino resort featuring hotel, gaming, dining, and entertainment. Comparable mid-sized integrated resort model to Ottawa, useful benchmark for slot/table mix and entertainment-driven gaming yield.
• Mohegan Sun: Large Northeastern U.S. integrated casino resort operated by the Mohegan Tribe, featuring hotel, gaming, dining, and entertainment venues. Highly comparable operational and ownership profile (tribal-operated integrated resort) to the Seminole-owned Ottawa property.
• Foxwoods Resort Casino: One of the largest integrated casino resorts in North America, operated by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation in Connecticut. Comparable tribal-operated integrated resort model with gaming, hotel, dining, and entertainment.
• Encore Boston Harbor: Luxury integrated casino resort operated by Wynn Resorts in Everett, MA, featuring hotel, gaming, dining, and entertainment. Comparable scale and full-service resort positioning; relevant benchmark for premium-segment integrated resort economics.

Regional players

• Parq Vancouver: British Columbia-based integrated casino resort in downtown Vancouver operated by Parq Holdings. Comparable Canadian integrated casino resort model in a different province; provides a Canadian benchmark for urban integrated resort performance.

Broad incumbents

• Resorts World Las Vegas: Large-scale integrated resort on the Las Vegas Strip operated by Genting Group, featuring hotel, gaming, dining, and entertainment. Useful broad incumbent benchmark for premium integrated resort operations, though at a significantly larger scale than the Ottawa property.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@HardRock
• Facebookfacebook.com/hardrock
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hard-rock-international
• Instagraminstagram.com/hardrock
• Xx.com/HRHCOttawa

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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