Quote Originally Posted by Gistok View Post
mcs... I don't remember a casino bid for Maroun? Maybe he was rejected early on... weren't there something like 9 serious bidders?

Among the losers were Steve Wynn [[Mirage), Don Barden and Donald Trump.

I also remember that Ontario had a rule that none of their Casino Windsor operators could be bidders... which is why Circus Circus [[later became Madalay Bay) opted out of their partnership there with Harrah's, and they became majority owner of MotorCity before their merger with MGM [[and subsequent sale of MotorCity to Marion Ilitch).
This is correct. People are confusing Don Barden with this Maroun clown because of the close physical proximity of the Central Station to Barden's proposed casino in the river front fields next to River Front Towers behind the post office. Maroun never sought to own a Detroit casino.