Tiernan wrote:

justcompete wrote: First, I love gambling in casino's. Please read the content of what will be inside the buildings. There are going to be 100% machines in them. No cards, no craps, no rulette(sp). Video poker and slot machines are not my idea of fun...

Where did you get this info? I had not seen that in any of the pre-election hype. If that is true I'm with you, video gambling is for pussys.

I also would like to know if this is true. It doesn't seem logical.

Buckeye2B wrote: Aaahh- They put a few casinos here in Detroit and the crime around them didn't increase. I actually think the area got better because it improved the downtown surroundings and there were reputable people and security around. Just a thought, but if I was still in Columbus, I would want to see it downtown as well, but you can't do it there without a parking garage period. Downtown parking in Columbus has sucked for more years than many of you have been alive.

This. When Illinois put in riverboat casinos about 15 years ago they put them in some of the poorest communities in the state. As I said earlier, in Elgin, about 40miles outside Chicago, where I lived for 5 years, the casino area was the nicest and safest part of town, and city restoration was moving out from the casino as it's epicenter. Casinos do not necessarily breed crime. They actually bring in money and other businesses in most locations. Putting it in the Arena District does nothing for that area because there isn't room for more businesses. Also, outside of Las Vegas, most casino business is local. It's not like these casinos in Ohio will have huge hotels and tons of restaurants in them. They will likely have a small hotel attached and will have a buffet, bar, and a restaurant or two. New casinos usually breed life into dying areas making them safer, not more dangerous.

justcompete wrote: First, I love gambling in casino's. Please read the content of what will be inside the buildings. There are going to be 100% machines in them. No cards, no craps, no rulette(sp). Video poker and slot machines are not my idea of fun. I will not be going anyway.

http://www.smartvoter.org/2009/11/03/oh/state/issue/3/

Each casino could operate 24 hours a day. Each casino may have a maximum of 5000 slot machines. Each casino may conduct any type of card or table games, slot machines or electronic gaming devices permitted by states adjacent to Ohio, except bingo, and horse racing where the pari-mutuel system of wagering is conducted.

Westland Mall is gonna be the place most likely.

Chesapeake wrote: Westland Mall is gonna be the place most likely.

Actually the most likely location is the one specified in the constitutional amendment.

queencitybuckeye wrote:

Chesapeake wrote: Westland Mall is gonna be the place most likely.

Actually the most likely location is the one specified in the constitutional amendment.

Yeah, since I live, work, and attend church on the Hilltop I was talking to come people about it at church tonight who attended last night's meeting and apparently it would have to go to a state-wide ballot vote to change the location. I guess the crowd of around 200 people was pretty split about whether or not they wanted the casino out here. I feel that since the vast majority of Franklin County doesn't want the casino at all that they should let it be built out here is people here do want it.

So stupid that the whole state gets to vote on where the casino in Columbus is placed.

The whole casinio situation is what's stupid. Blame our state leadership over the last 20 years (both parties).

If you're going to put one into Columbus, I'd say the old Cooper Stadium site would be the best overall location- downtown, open, easy access to the freeways. Westland / Delphi is going to take waaay too much time to annex, accqire, and prepare.

If I were Penn National, though, I'd push really hard for a chunk of the old Polaris Amphitheater site. It's a lot more upscale than the Westland area - and a lot more shovel-ready.

Power I - trust me when I say that the casino property itself is going to be the safest place in Columbus. House security in the gaming industry is such that they could place a casino in the middle of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, and make it safer than being in your Mama's arms.

Cat Food Flambe' wrote:

If I were Penn National, though, I'd push really hard for a chunk of the old Polaris Amphitheater site. It's a lot more upscale than the Westland area - and a lot more shovel-ready.

Del-Co officials don't want it. I've told you that before.

krambman wrote:
Yeah, since I live, work, and attend church on the Hilltop I was talking to come people about it at church tonight who attended last night's meeting and apparently it would have to go to a state-wide ballot vote to change the location.

Correct. While Penn National is saying the right things about listening to people, they aren't going to put the location up for modification without a really compelling reason.

LJ wrote:

Cat Food Flambe' wrote:

If I were Penn National, though, I'd push really hard for a chunk of the old Polaris Amphitheater site. It's a lot more upscale than the Westland area - and a lot more shovel-ready.

Del-Co officials don't want it. I've told you that before.

I know. I repeat - IF I WERE PENN NATIONAL...

DelCo may not get want they want here, either.

If this thing ends up anywhere other than Arena or Brewery Districts, Penn Natl. needs to fire its entire site development staff. Local Govt politicians & vendors are always bitching about lack of after-5:00 traffic downtown. How cool would it be to take in a BJ or Clipper game and then walk over to the casino for a little black-jack? Why do we even have F'n elections if special interest groups can come in afterwards and try to change the results to suit their agenda? Screw these negative Nancys and put the damn thing where it belongs!

justcompete wrote: First, I love gambling in casino's. Please read the content of what will be inside the buildings. There are going to be 100% machines in them. No cards, no craps, no rulette(sp). Video poker and slot machines are not my idea of fun. I will not be going anyway. Lets build it right next door to Coleman's house. He spent our money buying City Center which is being torn down to make a park (oh yea, the underground parking garage is going to stay). I think we all know where the crime is going to increase.

Wrong.

In a related casino note, PA approved adding table games in order to stop losing money to WV, and to lure NE Ohioans closer to Presque Isle Downs or The Rivers from ever going to the Cleveland one.

For my $12, you can have them. Dens of inequity I say....Dens on inequity!!!! I only live about 25 minutes from Windsor, Ontario (which was the reason there were voted in to Detroit) and I have never graced the doors of a casino. It just has no appeal personally. I had an opportunity to go to Vegas about 5 years ago with my wife at a seriously reduced cost and declined, as I have little to no interest in gambling. If the meeting had been somewhere a little more remote that I could have went hunting or fishing during the day, I would have been all over it. Gambling and glitzy shows just don't get it for me.

In Cbus4lifes front yard. It only makes sense.

Buckeye2B wrote: For my $12, you can have them. Dens of inequity I say....Dens on inequity!!!! Gambling and glitzy shows just don't get it for me.

To each his own Buckeye...but nobody is holding a gun to your head making you go to a casino either! Same goes for the other idiots that don't want to bring a tax windfall and potential development to downtown. We get it...casino's ain't your thing...but don't enforce your 19th century morales on the rest of us, JUST DON'T GO! (believe me, we won't miss all you babes in gingham dresses and bonnets)

Buckeye2B wrote:For my $12, you can have them. Dens of inequity I say....Dens on inequity!!!! I only live about 25 minutes from Windsor, Ontario (which was the reason there were voted in to Detroit) and I have never graced the doors of a casino. It just has no appeal personally. I had an opportunity to go to Vegas about 5 years ago with my wife at a seriously reduced cost and declined, as I have little to no interest in gambling. If the meeting had been somewhere a little more remote that I could have went hunting or fishing during the day, I would have been all over it. Gambling and glitzy shows just don't get it for me.

Mr. Buckeye2B, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this thread is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.

Cat Food Flambe' wrote: If I were Penn National, though, I'd push really hard for a chunk of the old Polaris Amphitheater site. It's a lot more upscale than the Westland area - and a lot more shovel-ready.

They closed down Polaris?

Chesapeake wrote:

Cat Food Flambe' wrote: If I were Penn National, though, I'd push really hard for a chunk of the old Polaris Amphitheater site. It's a lot more upscale than the Westland area - and a lot more shovel-ready.

They closed down Polaris?

Wow, had no clue!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germain_Amphitheater

I plan on bankrupting this place, no matter where they but this in the Buzz.

Sage wrote: I plan on bankrupting this place, no matter where they but this in the Buzz.

Kinda like Rain Man? And he was a ratard.

power i wrote:

Sage wrote: I plan on bankrupting this place, no matter where they but this in the Buzz.

Kinda like Rain Main? And he was a ratard.

So are you saying that Sage and Rainman are two peas from the same pod?

I AM FROM THAT GETTIN PAID AND GETTIN LAID POD BRAH

Sage wrote: I AM FROM THAT GETTIN PAID AND GETTIN LAID POD BRAH

I'm still gettin' paid. I'm gettin' laid by the ladies, you know I'm in charge...both how I'm livin' and my nose is large!