The casino bought the 4047 square metre vacant site on the corner of Salisbury street and Durham Street North earlier this year.
Gambling laws prevent the casino from using the site to extend its primary operations.
Casino chief executive Brett Anderson said he was aware he could not use the land as a gambling site and he bought it because he saw an opportunity.
"Land blocks that size don't come up that often and it borders land that we already own so it gives us some control of our own destiny.''
He said the casino may use the land as an alternative parking location, but owning the site gave it security for the future.
The casino was planning to build a hotel on casino-owned land on Peterborough Street. He said he was talking with Australian developer Intro about building a multi-storey carpark and hotel on that site.
The casino has lodged resource consent for the hotel with the Christchurch City Council.
