Posted Mar 23, 2012, 12:29 PM
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: East Hamilton
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Entertainment option
A casino downtown would have a downside with the location being used by the bored or usual downtown vagrants.
However, if we plan to maybe utilize our tourist or visitor (conventions), we are getting more hotels and if and when McMaster gets moved in we need options for visitors.
Cities like Halifax, Sault Ste Marie have used their casino as a short cab ride and a evening out. Other cities have 3 times the amount of hotel rooms. And they get national or international gatherings. London is an viable option.
What do we have downtown for the evening? Copps, Convention center, yes, and Hess village is a nice touch. We even have a movie theatre in Jackson Sq.
Maybe just maybe a casino could have used the Discovery centre or in the immediate vicinity. Boats could dock and it would eventually be a waterfront destination.
Flamborough has it's good points but it is quite a drive, and if you were to indulge in a couple drinks on your evening out. Bring jobs and entertainment into urban areas and leave the land to farming as we may need it in the near future or to exercise the 100 mile rule.
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