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Club West at Assiniboia Downs by season
Club West Gaming Lounge at Assiniboia Downs is a VLT lounge at a thoroughbred racetrack on Portage Avenue, open all year. Live racing is the one thing here that runs only in season, with dates set by the track.
By the Calendar KeepersChecked in October 2026
gaming lounge at a racetrack
13.6 km from City Hall, straight line
Floor: Daily 10 AM-1 AM
Four seasons at the track
Winter, by the guide's rule, runs December to February, and its questions are practical. Where does the car go? Assiniboia Downs offers free parking to racegoers and publishes no covered parking. For the ride home without a car, the guide lists no Winnipeg Transit route to the track. It lists no coat check here either.
Summer, June to August, asks the same parking and ride questions and gets the same published answers. One question sits outside the guide's seasons altogether: live thoroughbred racing runs only in season, with dates set by the track. The track keeps an events calendar on its own website, and televised racing runs daily all year.
Everything else holds through spring, summer, fall and winter. Club West Gaming Lounge keeps the same published hours all year, and the restaurant serves from 10 a.m. to close. Race wagering is in cash, with ATMs on site.
Club West, season by season
October · Fall
WinterDecember to February
SpringMarch to May
SummerJune to August
FallSeptember to November
- Parking
- Free parking and admission for racegoers
- Getting there and back
- No tour operators listed
- No Winnipeg Transit route listed by the guide
- Open until
- Lounge 10 AM to 1 AM daily; no table games
- Restaurant from 10 AM to close
- A bed nearby
- No hotel on site: a Motel 6 in Headingley is the partner
- This season
Winter
- Televised racing daily; live racing only in season
- Restaurant from 10 AM to close
Spring
- Live racing in season: dates on the track's own website
- Free admission and parking for racegoers
Summer
- Live racing in season: dates on the track's own website
- Race bets in cash; ATMs on site
Fall
- Live racing in season: dates on the track's own website
The week that holds
Hours here are Central Time, laid out from Monday, and they do not change with the season. Club West Gaming Lounge opens at 10 a.m. and closes at 1 a.m., seven days a week. That close past midnight belongs to the day the evening started, so the close after a Friday evening counts as part of Friday.
There is no last table to plan around. The lounge has 140 VLTs and no casino table games.
Somewhere in the evening, the question turns to food. The Club West Restaurant & Lounge opens daily at 10 AM and stays open to close, with breakfast, snacks, lunch and dinner. No closing hour is published for it. Food and drinks are also served in the licensed gaming lounge.
Food, parking and a bed
Hunger comes first on a long evening. The Club West Restaurant & Lounge at Assiniboia Downs serves breakfast, snacks, lunch and dinner, daily from 10 a.m. to close. Food and drinks also reach the licensed gaming lounge.
Parking at the track is free for racegoers, and admission for racegoers is free as well. All race wagering is in cash, and ATMs are on site.
A bed for the night is not at the track. Assiniboia Downs has no hotel on site and names a Motel 6 in Headingley as its hotel partner. The guide lists no shuttle between the two.
At the door and on the map
Club West Gaming Lounge at Assiniboia Downs sits at 3975 Portage Avenue, at Winnipeg's western edge, and the phone is 204-885-3330. In a straight line, it is 13.6 km from Winnipeg City Hall. The guide computes that straight line from map coordinates, so it is not a driving distance, and no travel time is given.
At the door, the legal age for gambling in Manitoba is 18, and minors must not take part in provincial gaming.
In 1994 the track received gaming machines combining pari-mutuel wagering with VLT-style games, owned and operated by the Manitoba Lotteries Corporation. The Liquor, Gaming and Cannabis Authority of Manitoba has regulated horse racing since 2022 and licenses all horse race tracks in the province.
Official site: asdowns.com (not a paid link)
Directions in Google Maps ↗ from where you are, by road
Questions, season by season
Is Club West a casino?
No, it is a gaming room rather than a casino. Club West Gaming Lounge at Assiniboia Downs is a licensed lounge of 4,000 square feet with 140 VLTs and no casino table games.
Is there racing at Assiniboia Downs all year?
Live thoroughbred racing runs only in season, with dates set by the track. Televised racing runs daily all year, as do the Club West lounge and the restaurant.
Where are the live race dates published?
Assiniboia Downs keeps an events calendar on its own website, and the live race dates come from the track. The LGCA publishes no race calendar.