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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Well, i am not surprised:

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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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Here is another surprising article for all of you who follow the ongoing discussion of a possible Casino in Atlanta:

Georgia Lottery officials have been publicly silent about a proposal for a casino in downtown Atlanta. But privately, they have been actively exploring a casino since at least last spring.

Underground Atlanta developer Dan O’Leary on Jan. 13 disclosed a plan to build a half-billion-dollar, lottery-tied casino and hotel at the struggling downtown entertainment complex.

Documents obtained by Atlanta Business Chronicle show lottery officials have studied a casino since last May.

The Georgia Lottery commissioned a public relations strategy to sell a casino to lawmakers, business leaders and the public, the documents obtained through the Georgia Open Records Act show.

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Hi everybody,

Despite the GA. Lottery board ignored the first Casino pitch on Jan. 22nd, news are coming almost every day now into the media.

Have a look at this:

A former chairman of the Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau has made a formal proposal to the Georgia Lottery to be the point man on a possible casino development.

Michael Robison, parking lot magnate and former chairman of the ACVB, approached the Georgia Lottery Corp. board in October with a letter of intent to serve as a consultant to develop a casino, according to documents obtained from the lottery through a Georgia Open Records Act request.

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In recent days, the “Do you feel lucky” phrase has been revived. The debate reaches back as far as 2003 when Fulton County Commissioner and former mayoral candidate Robb Pitts proposed legalized gambling in Atlanta. “Obviously, Underground Atlanta needs all the help it can get,” Pitts said. “It would be the savior of Underground Atlanta, quite frankly.”

Fast forward to 2009. Same location.

Dan O’Leary, one of the leaseholders of Underground, is refreshing the debate. “Developers of the entertainment center downtown believe they have the answer to turn things around. The developers are teaming with a Delaware based company to try and bring casino gambling to Georgia.
“We have been going around and meeting with the usual suspects of business, civic, and community leaders and we believe there’s a ground swell of support for this concept.”

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