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Originally Posted by NYCityBoy
I doubt most New Yorkers will use the casino, but tourists definitely will.
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Not only will New Yorkers, who travel to Las Vegas and Atlantic City to use them use them, New Yorkers also voted for them. It's why the casino in Queens is one of the top grossing casinos in the country, and it's not even a full casino. The problem, as is usually the case, is the NIMBYs are the loudest and most vocal about anything.
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“A carefully planned mixed-use neighborhood is wiped out for a garish Las Vegas-style monstrosity that has no place on Manhattan’s West Side,” said David, who has lived in Chelsea for 38 years.
“If we wanted to live in Las Vegas,” he said, “we would live in Las Vegas.”
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You could put all 3 casinos in Manhattan, and barely notice it. New York is not some small town, and a casino isn't going to make any neighborhood in Manhattan Las Vegas. This idiot would no doubt be among those to enter the casino for one reason or another. The state needs the revenue, and no one will be forced to enter the casinos, unlike congestion pricing where you
have to pay. These casinos will bring in more money to the city and state than the congestion pricing.