Aaaaaaaand the only reason it actually got off the ground is that the casinos gifted the land that had been condemend for them - so the City got the land for free - and made a contribution of $50 million towards the Riverwalk.
For all the sturm und drang about how nice the east Riverfront area could have been until the big bad casinos wrecked it - the only reason you have any activity over there is precisely because of the casinos.
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