標題: Council critics wondering why mega casino plans were trashed [打印本頁] 作者: tiffiant 時間: 2011-4-20 08:51 標題: Council critics wondering why mega casino plans were trashed
Council critics wondering why mega casino plans were trashed
Argue crime and addiction already exist
Lyle Fisher Apr 20, 2011 07:36:06 AM
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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - It's back to the drawing board for developers of the Edgewater Casino near BC Place Stadium. News1130 is finding out what you think about city council's decision to scrap the proposal.
The half-billion dollar project was voted down unanimously by council yesterday. The mayor says it just wasn't the right fit for downtown Vancouver. Other critics say a mega casino would create more gambling addicts. But on the streets today, Jay doesn't buy that:
"There is that with any gambling institution, but that happens with the lottery system," he says. "You know, you pull tabs in bars [and] it's no different. If people have a gambling issue, they have a gambling issue."
The casino would have been the largest in Western Canada with 1,200 slot machines, 150 gaming tables, and two luxury hotels. Graham works in the hotel industry and he doesn't buy the argument that casinos draw more crime to a neighbourhood.
"They'd just be drawing them from Richmond and the other casinos," he argues. "You've got the casinos now, [but] by having one big centre one, would it be affecting the other ones? It's close to a crime area already in that part of Vancouver."
"I don't know whether they're just not looking at the bigger picture, [or were] looking at the scare tactics that some of the biased groups brought up," he adds.
City Council also passed a moratorium on all future expanded gaming proposals. The mayor says a downtown mega casino just doesn't fit with Vancouver's brand as the worlds most livable city.作者: tiffiant 時間: 2011-4-20 08:52
