Dispatch · 15 November 2026
Renovation season: staying well while the builders are in
Three things closed, most things open, and the workarounds for each.
What is closed
- The indoor pool, until the renovation ends; no date published.
- Blaze Bar & Grill, "expected to reopen soon" in the resort's words.
- From January 2027, the Buffet Restaurant, for a refresh.
What is open
Most of what you come for. The hotel's 178 rooms, Little Chief, the Stage Bar and Eagle Bar, the Event Centre, the outdoor hot tub and sauna, the 24-hour gym and most of the casino. The resort describes the work as phased through 2026 and 2027 and warns that timelines may change, which is the most honest sentence on any renovation notice we have read.
The workarounds
- Swim in the city: registered guests get free access to Killarney and Glenmore pools, with a shuttle; arrange it at the front desk.
- Eat Blaze's menu anyway: it is served at the Stage Bar from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and at the buffet from 5 p.m. to 1 a.m.
- Want the buffet? Go before 31 December 2026.
- Ask for a room away from the casino side if construction noise during the day would bother you; the resort does not say where the work is loudest.
Our status board has the full list. We will update this dispatch when the pool reopens.