Comments on: Dollar Dollar Dollar Slot Machines!

By: Julie Lauletta

Julie Lauletta — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:30:15 +0000

Will the Early Bird Casino be paying their fair share of property taxes? or are they being offered some sweet deal while siphoning money from the community? The water park is a distraction, why doesn’t the community get to decide whether they want a casino? This doesn’t seem like a civic improvement to me. If you look at what other communities say about bringing a casino in, you’ll find that that it’s pretty evenly divided, and if you want info from a bonafide source, how about what the FBI has to say about
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Officials must realize that legal gambling will attract an unsavory element that can jeopardize the safety and well-being of the city’s residents and the many visitors who come to gamble.

—FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, Federal Bureau of Investigation, January 2001

I’m all for keeping idea of the water park in, and throwing the casino idea out!

By: Mike Harvey

Mike Harvey — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 05:14:46 +0000

The Early Bird’s Casino is probably an example of what a new casino might be like. Whatever doesn’t work there I would imagine they would look to change at a new location. The few serious gamblers I’ve talked to say that Anderson is a joke… it’s computer screens like Scott says. I have not been to Early Bird’s, except to talk to the owner once who wanted my help with something, during hours but I doubt if they are just computer screens… Judging by Turnstone’s successful yearly casino nights people around here prefer the real thing: http://www.flickr.com/photos/36372173@N03/sets/72157615614967389/

The only thing that sounds interesting to me would be the IMAX.

By: Scott Bryson

Scott Bryson — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:10:02 +0000

Is a casino something we really want? Something that preys upon the poor and doesn’t even have real dealers? At least in Vegas you have chips and cards, but if you look at the new casino in Anderson, you get a computer screen and a plastic card. No thanks.

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:37:04 +0000

If the downtown “Pieres” casino *materializes*, will the legendary Piere’s limo service provide complementary shuttle rides between the casino and Piere’s disco-tech dance club ? I’m also wondering if Ted Nugent and Jackyl will be playing at the casino on opening night.

By: Philo Beddoe

Philo Beddoe — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 23:05:33 +0000

YES !! Dollar – Dollar – Dollar is spot on ! I’ve been a waiting for this baby to go down since 85. My luck is starting to change already. The fine folks who brought us PIERE’S Entertainment Center will make this the best damn casino this side of the Maumee. Mark my words, this will make Trump’s casinos look like cow fodder compared to this beheemoth. I bet (no pun intended) this will be a kick-ass place with loads of scantily clad dudes and babes dancing in cages above unsuspecting gamers/slotters/high rollerz/whales and a few senior citizens. I only hope they will do it in a 1980′s theme with Guns N Roses or Ratt blasting over the PA system and lots and lots of neon flashing lights.

Hell fire ! I’m so amped up about this I started playing my air guitar nonstop and made an appointment to get me a perm !

By: Rusty

Rusty — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 04:55:42 +0000

wow! thats pretty much everything downtown fort wayne ever needed, all in the right spot too. hope this actually happens..