Red Shores Racetrack & Casino Canada

Casino Gaming at Red Shores

Red Shores runs two brick-and-mortar venues on Prince Edward Island. That is the full footprint, and for a province this size it actually fits the market quite well. The Charlottetown property at 58 Kensington Road carries the larger casino floor, with around 200 slot machines plus table games such as Blackjack and Ultimate Texas Hold’em. Summerside at 55 Greenwood Drive is a leaner setup - slots and simulcast wagering only, without the same table game mix.

Opening hours are worth checking in advance because the two sites do not follow identical patterns. In Charlottetown, slots operate Sunday to Wednesday from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 a.m. On Thursday, Friday, and Saturday they stretch to a 2:00 a.m. close. Table games start later each day: Monday through Thursday from 4:00 p.m., Friday and Saturday from noon, and Sunday from noon as well. They shut down in line with the slot schedule for that date.

Summerside sticks to a simpler rhythm. From Sunday to Thursday, the gaming floor is open 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. On Friday and Saturday, hours extend to 1:00 a.m. Simulcast betting there follows the same Sunday-to-Thursday window as the main floor, which keeps planning fairly straightforward.

Neither property is just a slot parlour on its own. Both are set up as broader entertainment hubs, and that shapes how everything fits together - from restaurant layouts to how the live race schedule runs alongside gaming.

Harness Racing and Simulcast Wagering

Harness racing is the starting point for both properties. Charlottetown Driving Park has been active since 1888. Summerside Raceway dates back to 1886, so it is slightly older by two years. Each track has operated for well over a century without major breaks, which in Atlantic Canada is rare continuity for leisure and entertainment venues.

Red Shores as a brand arrived later, layering casino-style gaming and hospitality on top of those racing foundations. From our reading of how the venues evolved, this felt more like a modernization of long-running tracks than a total rebranding. The core racing identity stayed in place and the commercial pieces were built around it.

The race office coordinates entries, declarations, and routine logistics for both locations. Regular office hours run Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. On live race days, Charlottetown opens the office three hours before the first post time, and Summerside opens two hours before. Because schedules move around a bit across the year, checking the calendar at redshores.ca/racing/ before you head out is a sensible step.

Some practical details that help on the racing side:

1. Charlottetown race office phone: 902-629-6636
2. Summerside race-day line: 902-888-5666 ext. 4118
3. Standardbred Canada has someone on-site only during live race days. Stake payments, transfers, and memberships are processed through Standardbred Canada’s own systems, not through Red Shores staff.
4. Simulcast wagering runs in parallel with the live calendar at both venues, so you are not limited to PEI races when you sit down to bet.

For anyone new to simulcast betting, arriving a bit early for your first session helps a lot. The amount of information on the screens and the pace at the wagering windows can feel busy if you walk in right as races are going off.

Dining and Events

Charlottetown carries two main branded food and beverage spaces: Top of the Park restaurant and O’Brien’s Social Bar & Kitchen. Both use the same reservations line at 902-620-4264. The dining side is woven into the Eastlink Centre complex, so the Charlottetown site extends past the casino itself and into arena territory. Major events in the adjacent arena tend to spill some of that crowd through the property.

In Summerside, the venue is tied into Credit Union Place, which is a multi-use community facility. Guests will still find food and drink on hand there, with the concept tailored to that building rather than a straight copy of the Charlottetown mix. Same basic approach - shared infrastructure with a community-oriented site - just executed a bit differently.

For private functions and group usage, both locations route sales and event inquiries through 902-367-7197. Being able to program against two locations in PEI’s main population centres gives Red Shores some flexibility. From our team’s perspective, that dual-venue setup is quietly one of the smarter parts of the overall brand structure.

The Rewards Club

Casino Guest Services desks and the linked Rewards Club operate across both properties and by phone. The direct line for the desk is 902-620-4266, with a toll-free option at 1-877-620-4222.

If you want to sign up in Charlottetown, it generally looks like this:

1. Head to the Casino Guest Services counter at 58 Kensington Road.
2. Ask to be enrolled in the Rewards Club and show government-issued ID confirming that you are 19 or older.
3. Take your card and have it activated either right at the desk or at an enabled slot terminal.
4. Insert the card while you play slots so that your sessions actually earn points.
5. Check your balance at Guest Services or by calling one of the lines above when you are off-site.
6. Redeem points according to the current reward chart at the desk.
7. Use the toll-free line if you need to handle basic account questions without visiting in person.

Age rules are straightforward. Players must be at least 19 years old to access the casino areas at either venue, and there are no exceptions written into that.

Responsible Gaming

Red Shores operates inside the regulated gaming framework for Atlantic Canada. Both PEI properties are promoted by Atlantic Lottery Corporation under the “Red Shores PEI” name. Instead of listing individual licence numbers on the venue site, the brand leans on that Atlantic Lottery positioning as the public-facing regulatory reference.

The PlayWise Responsible Gaming program is part of everyday operations. To keep those conversations separate from standard service questions, there is a dedicated PlayWise phone line at 902-620-4267, not shared with Guest Services. If you, a friend, or a family member needs information or support tied to gambling behaviour, that number is intended to be the first contact point rather than the general casino counter.

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How the Brand Actually Fits Together

Red Shores brings two historically separate harness racing facilities into a single entertainment family. Summerside Raceway opened in 1886. Charlottetown Driving Park followed in 1888. Both have kept operating since, which, when we look at the broader Canadian gambling landscape, is a level of historical continuity that tends not to get much attention.

The choice to connect Charlottetown with Eastlink Centre and to plug Summerside into Credit Union Place keeps overhead more efficient and lets the properties tap into existing traffic from arena and community events. For a smaller province, concentrating infrastructure at two anchor sites, instead of scattering multiple small venues around the island, matches what we would expect to work for PEI’s scale.

For up-to-date operational details, the official site at redshores.ca ties it all together. Race dates, casino hours, food and beverage schedules, and contact points for both properties are maintained there, and in practice that is the resource our team treats as definitive for anything that can change week to week.