In a series of tweets, Casino Rama Resort said earlier on Wednesday that it evacuated the building in the interest of public safety.

'We did a floor by floor sweep of the hotel, every room, the gaming floor, administrative offices,' he said.Īt 6 p.m., the resort opened its doors and staff and guests returned. Some guests went to the community centre across the street from the resort run by the Chippewas of Rama First Nation. Others waited in their cars, while some were taken to a hotel near the property That included all our guests at the hotel, on the gaming floor and the entire facility was evacuated and went into lockdown,' Mitchell said. 'We immediately undertook to evacuate the facility. Mitchell said resort staff members, with the help of the OPP and Rama police, immediately began to evacuate the resort once they were told of the threat. 'We're relieved it's over with, but it was a very orderly evacuation. Our guests were very patient and everything ran very smoothly.' 'Everything is back to business as usual,' Mitchell told CBC Toronto. Casino Rama received an 'all clear' from the OPP shortly before 6 p.m., he added. The OPP warned the resort at about 2 p.m., he said. Rob Mitchell, spokesperson for Gateway Casinos and Entertainment Limited, said the threat was received by the Orillia detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police. has reopened after it was evacuated for nearly four hours on Wednesday following a bomb threat.

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