Re: Mayor of NO want to turn it into a mini Vegas......
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they should either have it or they should not, but saying it isn't legal and then having several riverboat casino's perma-parked along the harbor is pretty stupid, IMO.
Clearly the people in NO want gambling so why not let them have it?
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Harrah's has the exclusive right to have a land-based casino in New Orleans and pays $60 million per annum for that privilege. Setting up casinos in the larger hotels would infringe on Harrah's monopoly, which Harrah's may or may not agree to. The reaction to Nagin's proposal has so far been very negative. As a displacee, I think that NO needs to look to non-tourist-based businesses/industries as the re-building process goes forward.
And the riverboat casinos are not in the "harbor."
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