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Originally Posted by EastVanMark
Let me help you. Add Wynn Casinos and Resorts, Gold's Gym, and McDonalds to the list. And that is just the tip of the iceberg. If you include everyone who still entered the market but had to scale back plans, the list would be much, much longer.
PS before you trot out the "but we have McDonalds in the city" know that the company was willing to invest in a site within the city that would have dwarfed anything else the company had going on in Canada before the city got involved and spend millions on legal fees and finally a settlement when they lost just to stop the project.
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Do you have links to these stories? I am genuinely curious, and my googling skills aren't netting me the info. If there is a crazy bias against companies developing in Vancouver, I'd actually like to know.
(That said, Casinos are a different beast than a retail store. I mean, there are some pretty weighty social issues tied to large scale gambling operations which I think have to be confronted. There are compelling arguments for both pro and anti parties, and I really think both sides have legitimate viewpoints. So I don't think it is a fair example...)