Both Alberta picks belong to First Nations and both sit at a city's edge — River Cree (Enoch Cree Nation) outside Edmonton, Grey Eagle (Tsuut'ina Nation) outside Calgary. AGLC is the regulator and 18 is the age.
Skate, eat Ramsay, play — all on Enoch Cree Nation land
Just outside Edmonton on the west side, on Enoch Cree Nation land: 249 rooms, a large Alberta casino, two NHL-size rinks, a free bus to West Edmonton Mall and Canada's first Hell's Kitchen from Gordon Ramsay. Watch for the 18-storey tower under construction next door.
Book it forFamily hockey weekends near Edmonton, with dinner at a Ramsay restaurant and a large floor.
Skip it ifYou want the new rooms. The tower is aimed at 2027, so for now it's the existing hotel.
The Tsuut'ina Nation owns this resort and runs it, on Nation land just over Calgary's south-west boundary. Book a west-facing room in the 178-room hotel (2014) for the Rockies, get tickets for the 2,500-seat Event Centre and eat at Little Chief. One catch: renovations lasting into 2027 have closed the pool.
Book it forA Calgary show, then a day in Kananaskis or Banff.
Skip it ifSwimming is on your list: the pool is shut while the renovation lasts.