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Archive for March, 2009

Underground Casino In Atlanta Could Be Key To Education In Georgia

Thursday, March 19th, 2009

Georgia Lawmakers could vote to ban video lottery

Sunday, March 15th, 2009

Well, i am not surprised:

Article

What is your opinion, i would like to hear you-leave a comment or discuss it in the forum!!

good research but what is your point? :-)

Thursday, March 12th, 2009

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:

ARTICLE

New article on AJC:Will Atlanta’s casino gamble pay off?

Monday, March 9th, 2009

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.

Read the complete article here

now it’s only in the hand of the lottery board!!

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009

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.
Read the whole article here in the AJC

Article in the Sundaypaper, what do you think?

Monday, March 2nd, 2009

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.

read the complete article here