Could the city of Duluth be running a casino? If the proposal by councilor Howie Hanson is accepted it could. Well there is a lot that would need to happen before it ever came true.
It seems from last nights meeting anyway that councilor Hanson has drafted a resolution for the city to ask that state legislator to allow the city to enter into the casino business. Hanson said it should be on the agenda in two weeks.
Now if it is passed by the city council it is only asking the state legislators to look in to the issue and see if it is something that could be done. It would have to be approved by them for it to even come to true. Look at the troubles that canibarry park has had to get a casino there over the number of years. I think it will be a very tough sell but one I think is worth going for.
Why would councilor Hanson want to do this, well as you all know we have lost our funding for streets from the tribal casino here in town. This would basically replace that funding for a long term plan. Now the casino would have to make money for this to happen. I don't think that would be much of a problem with the right people running it. I think however you would have a casino that would rival or be like black bear not the current one we have here.
I do want to mention that I think the place for the casino should be up for debate on where the best place for it is.
I hope that the council has an open mind on this.
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