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.

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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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