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Post by brendan on Jun 9, 2019 4:35:03 GMT
read a few sun/trib articles that make it look like chi isnt far from having a mega casino?
anyone think itll get off ground/put in a reasonable area?
id imagine it would be huge money maker for city, and state.
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Post by Merpes on Jun 9, 2019 13:20:55 GMT
It will happen since the state and city are effectively insolvent. Nonetheless, with the River's casino already near O'Hare, I suspect the revenue will just be split not increased. I mean they aren't going to create any new degenerate gamblers with a casino downtown. Traffic will just shift.
They also legalized recreational weed. I would have already thought it was though. You can't walk downtown without some person crossing your path and you getting high from the secondhand THC.
We are also the Land of Partial Birth Abortions now instead of the Land of Lincoln.
We are seriously considering moving to Texas in 2 years or so. I hear Hawkdad has a nice place (comes equipped with ropes, whips, a variety of ball gags, and chains). At least that is what the reviews say on AirBnB. Is there a monthly rate available?
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Post by Merpes on Jun 9, 2019 14:11:27 GMT
The kicker is that the State is pushing for all these new revenue sources all while increasing spending beyond what the current and projected new revenue can generate. I understand generating new revenue to pay down debt or fill the pension black hole, etc. But to increase revenue and just spend it without addressing the underlying problems (let's amend Constitution to get a progressive income tax on the books but let's not amend the Constitution so that we can reform pensions) makes no sense.
My only conclusion is that the guy behind the curtain knows that a Federal bailout will come eventually. Might as well run up the bar tab even more in the mean time.
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Post by brendan on Jun 9, 2019 21:49:05 GMT
depending on if the casino is in a decent area it could generate more revenue. if it had a poker it could definitely generate revenue for myself which is what i was thinking about lol.
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Post by Merpes on Jun 10, 2019 0:57:00 GMT
Yeah, I'm not sure where it could be built. Maybe a boat off the lake near Navy Pier? Meigs Field perhaps? Daly could demolish it again in the middle of the night if someone asked. Basically not a lot of prime real estate is available. It really depends if they want to tie a hotel to the casino which is generally customary. That would require a lot of land.
My guess is that the most logical place is where the old Cook County Hospital sits. It would be right off of 290. You have access to the medical district for all the drunks that fall or people choking on a chicken wing at the buffet, etc.
Only problem is the cost to demolish Cook County Hospital is astronomical due to asbestos remediation. That's why it has sat abandoned for decades now. Even if you found the money to demolish it, it's still not a gigantic plot of land to build a mega casino. There are also no hotels given its location in the heart of the medical district.
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Post by gadi on Jun 11, 2019 2:25:09 GMT
I'm sure the casino will generate more revenue, but as Saad says, not nearly what the degenerates in Springfield think and it won't solve any deficit issues. Propublica Illinois went back and looked at the last gambling bill and it's a big fucking mess. I'd expect the same for this one since you have the industries and state reps who are being paid directly pushing this sort of thing and then you have the rest of the idiots just go along so their projects that they are getting paid for will also be approved.
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Post by brendan on Jun 11, 2019 2:46:48 GMT
so it sounds like it will get done, a matter of where than if ?
gambling revenues are always just a band aid. the xyz jobs created are marginal and silly to use as a boast. most are laid off in 6 months or are tip dependent krap jobs, especially if they go non union. they will save some money from going to indiana but not at a amount they think.
casinos work best as a novelty, not as a weekly thing around every corner.
the person interest is poker, if they put it in a legit decent part of town easily accessible to businesses men with bordem and disposable income it could be good for me/poker which is not big in n.w. indiana (relative to what it is in other metro areas)
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Post by Merpes on Jun 12, 2019 11:51:26 GMT
Might as well legalize prostitution at the same time.
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Post by brendan on Jun 12, 2019 14:10:57 GMT
i dont think my pimp skills are good. im definitely not gonna interest any women, gonna stick to poker and my janitor day job.
proof in pudding for poker, poker in a safe(ish) area with highway access with disposable income = poker.
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Post by Merpes on Jun 13, 2019 12:13:13 GMT
i dont think my pimp skills are good. im definitely not gonna interest any women, gonna stick to poker and my janitor day job. proof in pudding for poker, poker in a safe(ish) area with highway access with disposable income = poker. Poker or poke her? |
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