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Originally Posted by Colorado
I don't think trying to "make them spend the night" had anything to do with it. The voters were reluctant and the only way to get it to pass was to send casino's far out of public view. Eventually they will come down from the hills. I've always thought it would make sense to do a nice zone out by the airport. Nothing is there, nobody wants to build houses there anyway, it's (soon) serviced by light rail, and what better way for me .. I mean everyone .. to kill time before a flight.
That is quite possibly the worst idea I have ever heard, and perhaps worse than the current situation. Are you just making up this stuff?
First, having casinos near the airport is no better than having them in Blackhawk. The airport is not near any significantly populated part of the Denver area. The drive is going to be just as much of a drawback as the drive to blackhawk, and what's worse, you lose the scenic part of it; the only thing that makes it slightly worthwhile.
Second, the casinos are not going to make their way downhill, not after the millions of dollars that have spent excavating and building them up the hill.
Third, I'm afraid more of the US population lives under christian principle than originally thought. What is so frightening about gambling that it has to be so restricted? Limits, location, restrictions, etc.
Fourth, terrorism and the worldwide endemic of paranoia has ruined our lives in so many ways. Who would have ever imagined terrorism and the post-911 world would have lead to the prohibition of online poker? TSA, body scanners, wire tapping, money laundering, and on the list goes