Anti Casino Folks - Where are you now?

[leftWNYbecauseofBS]

So the Senecas just broke ground on an expansion to their 1 story casino downtown. That is an EXPANSION of an existing casino. All of the worries of what gambling will do to the community are still there...yet the anti casino crowd is rather quiet. HMMM

What is NOT there is:

• Dining
• On-site parking for approximately 2,500 vehicles
• Over 1,000 jobs, with total payroll of approximately $38 million
• 90,000 square-foot casino floor with 2,000 slot machines and 45 table games
• 22-story all-suite hotel
• 206 suites in all, ranging in size from 550 sq.ft up to 2,000 sq.ft.
• Full-service luxury spa and salon
• Four restaurants
• 3-acre public park to be located in northwest corner of site
• Attached parking for 2,500 vehicles

Now some will say that the construction would have halted because of the economy. I disagree. If there were no lawsuits, the casino would have broken ground sooner and would have been too far into construction to stop.

So in typical Buffalo fashion, you try and stop something you do not like, lose because you do not have the grounds, and then deal with the negative and give up the positive.

Funny and sad at the same time.

[HipKat]

I don't agree with you often, Lefty, but this time is right on.
The lawsuits stopped the construction, not the economy.

[Linda_D]

What are the status of the lawsuit(s)? Have one or all of them been settled/dismissed and is that why the Senecas are expanding the downtown casino?

[dtwarren]

Both lawsuits are still pending awaiting decisions on various matters from Judge Skretny.

[leftWNYbecauseofBS]

Both lawsuits are still pending awaiting decisions on various matters from Judge Skretny.

As I am sure you know, filling a lawsuit is rather easy. Winning one is difficult.

The reality is the Casino is open. The Casino is expanding. From everything I have read, the Casino is NOT going to be closed. Pending litigation or not, the Casino is here to stay in Buffalo.


Which goes back to my original point. Because of the litigation of few, who want to decide for all, the OPEN casino is essentially a shed where a $300M hotel should be.

[300miles]

i disagree. The economy, or more specifically, the financial and credit meltdown of 2008/2009 is what stopped their construction. The Senecas made it very clear the lawsuit was not going to stop them, and started building while the lawsuit was ongoing (which was kind of a dumb move anyway). If they were truly worried about the affect of the lawsuit, they would not have even started building the steel frame.