[SA] Las Vegas Sands Wants to Build Casino Resort in San Antonio
 

San Antonio as well as Dallas, Houston and possibly South Padre Island. That is depending on whether Texas legalizes gambling.

http://www.ksat.com/video/15218758/index.html?taf=ibs

I wish something like that could happen, but I don't see it in the near future; So long as we have people who don't want other people, people they don't know, ever see, or have any relationship to, gambling, it won't pass. :(

I believe the video said 80% of Texans would vote for gambling. So it's very likely that casinos will eventually enter Texas.

Well, Rick Perry and the other like minded politicians would block it. Until we have another Democrat governor you can forget about legalized gambling in Texas. Even if 80% of Texans want the chance to vote on the issue, which indicates they're in favor of legalizing it, the politicians would still take steps to block it.

As for me, it doesn't appeal to me much. I don't have a conservative bone in my body, but the whole casino scene just doesn't appeal to me. Tacky designs and themes, suburban like planning. There had been plans a few years back by some developers to develop about 10 blocks of Austin's southeastern corner of downtown with several highrise casinos/hotels along Waller Creek. That was actually pretty cool and would have been a great boon to that area of downtown. Of course it was just a pipe dream, but they even had renderings and site plans drawn out and even offered to build a flood diversion tunnel under the creek.

Really I'd hate to see a lot of huge casinos sprout up in downtown. I think they're a waste of land, especially in downtown.

Las Vegas Sands better get their bribes ready if they ever want to see casino gambling in Texas.

I think Vegas should stay Vegas and let San Antonio stay San Antonio. Gambling in SA is going to clash with the family-friendly tourism that makes SA what it is.

I would rather see it in one of the mid-cities like New Braunfels or San Marcos, not San Antonio.

I sure hope not. Casinos are so ugly,and though Vegas is nice,I dont want there reputation here.

Would be nice for Galveston to have some casinos on the beach, and maybe one in Downtown Houston.

I'm not surprise to hear some peeps from Austin be against Casinos. I'm sure it would have been different if the Sands Corp. mentioned Austin as a possible site. As for S.A., I believe our mayor has already said he doesn't want Casinos on the Riverwalk but open to other parts of S.A.

I would love that :banana:

Honestly, though, I think the biggest impact of Texas casinos might be felt in western Louisiana cities like Shreveport and Lake Charles that derive significant income from casino visitors from Texas. If Houston had its own casinos, who the hell would go to Lake Charles :haha:

I'd be all for casino's if they were built in the at&t center area of east San Antonio. Anything to get that area going.

Casinos are god-awful. Even if you discount the exploitative swindle that inexplicably lures so many, they are simply tasteless- the crass, dollar-worshipping, born-of-organized-crime mindset responsible for Vegas and Atlantic City can stay the hell out of Texas.

Casinos are legal in Montana, and they are just depressing. Nothing but lonely, staggering souls seem to go in and out of them.

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That is very true. Its a very ugly business. Just leave them were they are at. We are just fine with out them...

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I don't see what is so wrong with casinos. Maybe when I get older, but Harrah's in New Orleans is doing fine. Creates a lot of business in a Downtown/Urban setting.

Not everything that generates business or employs people is a "good" thing. Wars are (usually) great for the economy.

I agree, and kudos for being bold enough to say it :tup:

What do you mean by that and did you see kevin's post? how would it be different if sands wanted to be in austin?

Money talks
 

There may be more truth to that statement then you may have originally believed. If the Las Vegas businessmen who want to bring casinos to Texas really want the project to go through they will make sure that "contributions" make their way to the right politicians in Austin. If this happens then we could all very well see big time casinos here regardless of who is governor.