I found this rather bad news, what do you think?
Casino pitch gets tepid response
By Rachel Tobin Ramos
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Friday, May 01, 2009
The Georgia Lottery Board heard a pitch Thursday for casino gambling at Underground Atlanta, but its chairman said afterward that he has no plans to call a vote on the proposal.
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While the move had been anticipated for a while now, the Atlanta City Council confirmed what everyone had been thinking. They will be supporting a casino hotel complex that is being proposed for Underground Atlanta.
Dan O’Leary is the man behind the proposal. He is planning a $500 million casino and hotel complex to help revive the struggling area. The money that would be generated would be used for the city and metro region and also would raise money for the HOPE Scholarship Program.
It’s been quite lately but i came across this article in the AJC:
Board quiet on video lottery for Underground
Most days, developer Dan O’Leary brings a laptop computer, a projector and his best pitch to civic groups and elected officials. He has a plan he says can bring in hundreds of millions of dollars to keep the state’s HOPE scholarship program in the black, improve the city of Atlanta’s ailing finances and return Underground Atlanta to its glory days as an entertainment mecca in downtown Atlanta.
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Well, i am not surprised:
What is your opinion, i would like to hear you-leave a comment or discuss it in the forum!!
I just came across this post from Rachel Tobin Ramos today, who is on the topic since years but i have to ask seriously…what is your point, pointing out the richest family in ATL has ties to Delaware?
Isn’t it a common thing to have some “Vitamin R”(R for relationships) ??
No, on a more serious note whats wrong with have networking going on? 
, just my 2 cents…..ok ok her is the article:
Can a casino at Underground Atlanta create a powerful economic engine for Atlanta?
The answer depends on where you cast your bet.
By RACHEL TOBIN RAMOS
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Sunday, March 08, 2009
Some casinos in rural Southern states such as Alabama and Mississippi have turned farmland into money crops with hotels and casinos sprouting jobs and millions of tourists. Tunica, Miss., is now the third largest casino destination in the United States, with nine casinos. And new casinos in Pennsylvania are performing well.
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By ERIC STIRGUS
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
City approves video lottery in Underground Atlanta
Lottery Board must still sign off on casino plan
The Atlanta City Council voted Monday to take a gamble in support of a plan to put video lottery terminals in Underground Atlanta, a venture that proponents say will initially bring about $350 million a year to the Atlanta region.
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Should we risk it?
Developers propose a casino for Downtown. But it would come at a cost.
By Stephanie Ramage
Underground Atlanta used to be the place you could go to get something you couldn’t get at most other places.
Its establishments served mixed drinks in the 1960s, when every Georgia county outside Fulton prohibited them. In the ’70s, it became a notorious haven for drug dealers and prostitutes.
Then it became just another galleria.
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Hello Casino Enthusiasts (i am watching “Casino” right now on TV),
I am happy now, we had some server problems but that is history…
Well, just came across this article:
“Mayor Franklin supports casino at Underground, developers say”
Underground Atlanta developers have received support of Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin for their proposed lottery-tied casino at the downtown entertainment complex.
Underground developer Dan O’Leary told members of an Atlanta City Council subcommittee on Tuesday he has a letter of support from Franklin. O’Leary presented his proposal to members of the Community Relations and Human Resources committee. The presentation was for information purposes only and no vote was taken, though City Councilman Jim Maddox gave public support for the proposal.
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