denfromoakvillemilton
Senior Member
Like I said, if you are about Markham, then keep it about Markham. Oakville and Oshawa and Burlington, have all said they don't want this as as a person who resides in the GTA you should be concerned with the whole of the region in some capacity. You should consider the facts that many of your arguments can be used for Markham and Casinos will bring an increase in crime, something many don't want.First, the OLG announced it would build a casino in the GTA before MGM expressed interest.
Does anyone here really believe that they didn't know exactly where in the GTA they would build it before they made the announcement?
Secondly, back to one of the points I have been stressing, do you think a casino in Toronto will lead to a significant increase in tourism? Sure, existing tourists will go to the casino resort, but do you think MORE people will visit Toronto because of the resort/casino. If not, do you think that the local Toronto businesses who already depend on the tourist dollar would want MGM or Cesears stealing their customers? If the monster resort is built, it is said that the casino will only be 5%-10% of the total resort....so what will the other 90%-95% be?
Lastly, this is a point I have also stressed, Toronto is already developed....so can't the other municipalities is the GTA get some arenas and casinos to help with their development too?
Here is a quote from Rod Phillips (President and CEO of OLG) when asked about the possible location of the casino:
“It should fit into the broader opportunities within a region, around what a local government wants to accomplish. One of the things we haven’t done as well as we could have in the past is be aligned to the local municipalities own development expectations. So if there are parts of the GTA or a municipality where there is an interest in developing that place…you know this isn’t something that’s in people’s backyards, it’s going to be something that’s going to be in a location where it makes sense, where a municipality is trying to develop a portion of that areaâ€.
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