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How do you feel about this?

 

Sweet!

 

I posted this earlier in the BAIC forum...

I have mixed emotions about it.

On one hand -- Contra Costa County and the city of San Pablo could *REALLY* use the tax revenue... I just hope it's spent appropriately. The schools in that area are in really bad shape.

On the other -- I grew up near that area and I my parents and in-laws still live there. I don't know how to put this any way other than... I'm afraid it will make the area more "ghetto". I'm guessing that having a mega casino 5 minutes from your house wouldn't increase home values that much . I'm also worried that the amount of crime will rise in the area as well.

It's also a bit sad -- locals to the casino san pablo aren't rich by any means. I can already see the huge amount of locals losing their paychecks every week to the mega casino

 

Awesome. I hope they have nudie reviews too.

 

wtf? why doesn't the state just legalize gambling and allow anyone to open a casino?

 

the connerbation corridor between Sac and the Bay will only get worse with this new addition. Why cant they pick a more podunk place to open this?

 

because every podunk place already has one

i'm with RussB

 

exactly

I can't wait to sit in the friggin traffic They expect over 10K visitors a day on an already congested highway

 

Wouldn't it create a ton of jobs and tax revenue? Wouldn't putting it in BFE reduce that?

 

I dont think so. If it is in CA it is generating tax revenue, and it would have to be in a place with enough people available as staff so that is moot

 

If customers have to drive real far they will have less customers, which means they will need fewer employees and have lower revenues, and lower revenues means less taxes.