columbus casino

• baseball4

  

  Any word? What's going in with it?
• se-alum

  

  Heard this morning that Penn is still having some trouble on some issues. They didn't really go in to detail though.
• thedynasty1998

  

  Penn has a pending lawsuit against the city over annexation into Columbus and the use of city water and sewage. They also have a gentle mans agreement that their land near the Arena must sell for a certain price. Yesterday was the deadline for an agreement and they couldn't come to one, therefore, they will go to court and potentially may not build.
  
  Penn also asked the Dispatch to agree to not interfere with their business, and the Dispatch refused.
  
  Basically Penn has bent over backwards and Wolfe and the Dispatch are trying to stick it to them.
• Go4alOngbOmB

  

  Leave it to the dispatch to screw a good thing over.....
  
  Oh well, I guess Ill just go to Wheeling or Indiana for a while longer. How something can be this big of a cluster is beyond me.
• sportchampps

  its a cluster because people dont actually look at what casinos can bring to the arena (ie. money and tourists). People just believe it will lead to degenerate gamblers and increased crime. I have friends who are only 26 who have actually said it will only bring crime to the area and when I ask them if they have been to a casino before their answer is always no. These friends are also the same ones who think the park in downtown columbus was a great idea and worth every penny.
• se-alum

  

  What the hell more does the city want. They got the casino moved(which was a terrible idea). Let them build the damn thing, and hopefully revitalize the west end.
• karen lotz

  

  Some nice progress being made on Toledo's casino. Anyone know when its supposed to open?
• -Society-

  

  karen lotz;835682 wrote:Some nice progress being made on Toledo's casino. Anyone know when its supposed to open?

  
  http://www.hollywoodcasinotoledo.com/Casino
• karen lotz

  

  Thank you for the link.
• bases_loaded

  

  karen lotz;835682 wrote:Some nice progress being made on Toledo's casino. Anyone know when its supposed to open?

  
  Awesome. Bc the city that really needs one is the one closest to Detroit and Windsor. Smh
• Iliketurtles

  

  Yeah I drove past the one in Toledo this past weekend they have some nice progress going Im pretty pumped for them to finish it hate going all the way up to Detroit.
• dave

  bases_loaded;835701 wrote:Awesome. Bc the city that really needs one is the one closest to Detroit and Windsor. Smh

  
  It will keep the money in Ohio, that's what all these casinos are about. There are casinos close to Cincinnati and Cleveland too. Nobody goes to Windsor anymore though.
• se-alum

  

  dave;835769 wrote:It will keep the money in Ohio, that's what all these casinos are about. There are casinos close to Cincinnati and Cleveland too. Nobody goes to Windsor anymore though.

  Have the Passport laws cut down on the tourism in Windsor?
• dave

  yes, and the exchange rate.
• se-alum

  

  I will be very pissed if this casino doesn't get built. The people wanted, build the damn thing.
• FatHobbit

  

  se-alum;835782 wrote:I will be very pissed if this casino doesn't get built. The people wanted, build the damn thing.

  
  I thought people in Columbus didn't want it?
• se-alum

  

  FatHobbit;835792 wrote:I thought people in Columbus didn't want it?

  They didn't, the people of the state did. The state needs to step in and make sure both sides work this out.
• derek bomar

  

  thedynasty1998;835273 wrote:
  Penn also asked the Dispatch to agree to not interfere with their business, and the Dispatch refused.
  
  Basically Penn has bent over backwards and Wolfe and the Dispatch are trying to stick it to them.

  
  Just curious, how is this happening? I haven't been paying attention.
• raiderbuck

  se-alum;835665 wrote:What the hell more does the city want. They got the casino moved(which was a terrible idea). Let them build the damn thing, and hopefully revitalize the west end.

  
  They want the tax revenue. Annexed it out of downtown, but they still want Penn to pay the taxes to the city.
• se-alum

  

  raiderbuck;835986 wrote:They want the tax revenue. Annexed it out of downtown, but they still want Penn to pay the taxes to the city.

  
  Screw that, they had their chance to get the tax money.
• ts1227

  

  raiderbuck;835986 wrote:They want the tax revenue. Annexed it out of downtown, but they still want Penn to pay the taxes to the city.

  
  The Dispatch says they are involved involved because they claim they gave money to the campaign for Penn with an agreement that they will be annexed.
  
  They had a deal hammered out (annex, Columbus puts like $15M into cleaning the site, all outstanding suits dropped), but it was contingent upon selling the old location by today, which didn't happen.
• thedynasty1998

  

  The mayor and the city are morons. But for the Dispatch to get in the middle of it is disgusting. They gave money to the campaign to have it moved because they didn't want it in the Arena district, a location they have an ownership stake in. The campaign money was only to protect it's own investments.
• Cat Food Flambe'

  

  Does anyone REALLY think Penn National won't build the casino?
• GoPens

  

  dave;835769 wrote:It will keep the money in Ohio, that's what all these casinos are about. There are casinos close to Cincinnati and Cleveland too. Nobody goes to Windsor anymore though.

  Just got back from Windsor and go 4 or 5 times a year. Nicer there than any casino around here that I've been to.
• queencitybuckeye

  Penn National has announced that an agreement in principle has been reached to end the lawsuit and the casino is on track to open in late 2012.