Ballot drive calls for 7 more casinos

[esp1986]

I suppose that depends on one's definition of the word "successful".

For this purpose, let's define it as the ability to attract tourists. The casinos are successful at doing that. In this economy they are suffering, but when times are good they are practically printing money [[metaphorically, of course).

[Detroitnerd]

Yes, let's have more fundamentally uncreative, unproductive, parasitic businesses in Michigan...

[professorscott]

Casinos benefit the casino owner. They do not bring in tourists in and of themselves now that so many states have them. Detroit's casinos are just a nasty way of plugging a hole in the city budget.

Having said that, I'm not in favor of the proposal, because why should there be a state law specifying that some cities can have casinos and some can't? Shit, legalize brothels while you're at it [[but only in certain cities).

Either just keep the three casinos in Detroit, or legalize the business all over the state and let them all beat each other up to get business. Don't cherry-pick cities.

[R8RBOB]

Yes, let's have more fundamentally uncreative, unproductive, parasitic businesses in Michigan...

I have been saying that about casinos for over a decade. That they are a parasitic operation that kills off other businesses. [[see Carl's Chop House and the restaurants and bars of Greektown)

[iheartthed]

I'm not inclined to favor more casinos in Detroit, but I do have to admit that it was a clever way of making downtown Detroit competitive for the business of attracting national conventions.