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I am hoping Sheffield doesn't get it. We can have enough problems with crooks of various sorts without the influx which will happen if the Casino gets off the ground. I don't know how much influence the Local Authority has had in pushing for this but with their "flair" for backing lame ducks it would be better elsewhere. You can bet your bottom dollar that the citizens of Sheffield will not benefit just as they didn't when we had the Student Games and all that cost. Have we finished paying for that yet? Then the Airport. Either Sheffield was stitched up with letting the whole shebang go for £1-00 or it was intended that it would close after a short life and was built accordingly. Short runway deliberately so decent aircraft could't take off. :loopy: :loopy:

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I am hoping Sheffield doesn't get it. We can have enough problems with crooks of various sorts without the influx which will happen if the Casino gets off the ground. I don't know how much influence the Local Authority has had in pushing for this but with their "flair" for backing lame ducks it would be better elsewhere. You can bet your bottom dollar that the citizens of Sheffield will not benefit just as they didn't when we had the Student Games and all that cost. Have we finished paying for that yet? Then the Airport. Either Sheffield was stitched up with letting the whole shebang go for £1-00 or it was intended that it would close after a short life and was built accordingly. Short runway deliberately so decent aircraft could't take off. :loopy: :loopy:

 

Who ever suggested WE would be paying for it?

 

I always thought it would be funded entirely by one of the big casino co.'s such as MGM?

 

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I am hoping Sheffield doesn't get it. We can have enough problems with crooks of various sorts without the influx which will happen if the Casino gets off the ground. I don't know how much influence the Local Authority has had in pushing for this but with their "flair" for backing lame ducks it would be better elsewhere. You can bet your bottom dollar that the citizens of Sheffield will not benefit just as they didn't when we had the Student Games and all that cost. Have we finished paying for that yet? Then the Airport. Either Sheffield was stitched up with letting the whole shebang go for £1-00 or it was intended that it would close after a short life and was built accordingly. Short runway deliberately so decent aircraft could't take off. :loopy: :loopy:

 

The airport wasn't paid for by the people of Sheffield (at least not any more than the people of the rest of the UK/EU) and it wasn't set up to fail. If we do get a casino, even a smaller one, it won't be paid for by us. The real scandal is what effect it will have on people who are encouraged to gamble because it is bright, airy modern and next to cinemas and restauarants.

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I feel there'll be many, many casinos "by stealth". The hoarding around Arundel Block 1 already says "Bars, restaurants and casino".

 

No problems with them myself anymore than betting offices (just don't come whinin' when you lose all your money!), but wonder if this is why Dave Allen is putting his exit strategy in place?

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