A groundbreaking ceremony for the long anticipated Gateway Casino is scheduled for Friday at the site on Pinewood Park Drive.
Some preliminary work has already taken place.
The North Bay site will be known as Cascades Casino.
See: Gateway Casino has big plans for North Bay
And: North Bay's 'Cascades Casino' to open in spring of 2020
The facility will contain approximately 14,100 square feet of gaming space, including 300 slot machines and 10 table games.
The 37,000 square foot building, to be located on a seven-acre parcel of land bordered by Pinewood Park Drive, Highway 11 and the PetroCanada station in the city's south end, will contain a sports bar called MATCH, and a restaurant called The Buffet.
Gateway plans capital expenditures of $31.3 million to get the building up and running.