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...I'm not sure why they need to go all out on it...
Since presumably it is private money that will build and run this enterprise, should it ever get off the ground, why does anyone care if it succeeds or not?
Casino proposal for Victoria's core
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Posted 18 July 2017 - 06:24 PM
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Posted 18 July 2017 - 06:28 PM
Since presumably it is private money that will build and run this enterprise, should it ever get off the ground, why does anyone care if it succeeds or not?
It's pretty hard to lose money running a casino, really. But I suppose it's possible.
<p><span style="font-size:12px;"><em><span style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">"I don’t need a middle person in my pizza slice transaction" <strong>- zoomer, April 17, 2018</strong></span></em></span>
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Posted 18 July 2017 - 06:29 PM
It's pretty hard to lose money running a casino, really. But I suppose it's possible.
If the CoV were to run it, I am sure it would lose money.
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Posted 18 July 2017 - 07:15 PM
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Posted 18 July 2017 - 07:18 PM
Well hold on that's a big resort casino. I'm saying just fire up some slots and tables in any old room. And you make money.
<p><span style="font-size:12px;"><em><span style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">"I don’t need a middle person in my pizza slice transaction" <strong>- zoomer, April 17, 2018</strong></span></em></span>
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Posted 18 July 2017 - 07:55 PM
A high stakes James Bond-esque casino in the Bengal Lounge to fleece the rich, while protecting those Ben Isitt is so worried about. But us locals would still be allowed in to eat the curry buffet and play extras with English accents. Although Mike would be a Russian oligarch, VHF a shady financier/money launderer, Holden a landscaper painter from the English countryside, HB a cantankerous Duke expelled from the Royal family..
Edited by zoomer, 18 July 2017 - 07:56 PM.
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Posted 18 July 2017 - 08:25 PM
...Although Mike would be a Russian oligarch, VHF a shady financier/money launderer, Holden a landscaper painter from the English countryside, HB a cantankerous Duke expelled from the Royal family..
No role for me? Couldn't I be some sort of undercover hero masquerading as a mild-mannered croupier? I mean almost no one on VV knows what I look like...
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Posted 18 July 2017 - 08:50 PM
A high stakes James Bond-esque casino in the Bengal Lounge to fleece the rich, while protecting those Ben Isitt is so worried about. But us locals would still be allowed in to eat the curry buffet and play extras with English accents. Although Mike would be a Russian oligarch, VHF a shady financier/money launderer, Holden a landscaper painter from the English countryside, HB a cantankerous Duke expelled from the Royal family..
...and I could run that silly game where someone calls out my name when they get a row of numbers. 
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Posted 18 July 2017 - 08:51 PM
The Griswald version, eh?
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Posted 18 July 2017 - 09:01 PM
No role for me? Couldn't I be some sort of undercover hero masquerading as a mild-mannered croupier? I mean almost no one on VV knows what I look like...
Even after 14,695 posts I still haven't figured you out yet, so NParker I think that means you could play multiple roles. Perhaps your main character would look like Sherlock Holmes and you could look outside the windows and comment on every. single. thing. you. see. That would discourage people from enjoying the view and move them back to the card games.
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Posted 18 July 2017 - 09:04 PM
Who's going to play the role of the creeper looking "in" from the bushes? That role isn't fitting for a Russian oligarch.
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Posted 18 July 2017 - 09:42 PM
Who's going to play the role of the creeper looking "in" from the bushes?...
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Posted 18 July 2017 - 09:43 PM
...Perhaps your main character would look like Sherlock Holmes...
People are always confusing me with Benedict Cumberbatch...
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Posted 19 July 2017 - 12:00 AM
It's pretty hard to lose money running a casino, really. But I suppose it's possible.
For me its not about losing money as much as it is about not giving Mayor Helps a slush fund which she can then use to pay for more of her pet projects outside of public oversight.
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Posted 19 July 2017 - 05:52 AM
By the time it's actually built and operating the current council may not even be in power.
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Posted 23 September 2017 - 10:37 PM
B.C. Lottery Corp. preparing proposal request for new Victoria casino
The B.C. Lottery Corp. is finalizing a request for proposals to select a private-sector operator to develop and run a casino and entertainment venue in the city of Victoria.
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The municipality has ruled out its Apex site at Humboldt and Douglas streets because the location is not large enough, [Helps] said.
Victoria is expecting that a casino would be one component in a development.
“The only way that I would be willing to consider a casino, and this is what the city’s policy says, is if it is combined with some new hotel development. Goodness knows, we could use a few new hotel rooms in the region,” Helps said.
“I’m curious to see what might come forward, but really, I haven’t heard a peep.”
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Angela Law, spokeswoman for the lottery corporation, said in a statement Friday that once the request for proposals is ready, applicants will be asked to submit a package outlining their plans.
They will have to identify an appropriate location, show the design, amenities and other details, and demonstrate a commitment to responsible gambling and social responsibility, Law said. A proposal will then be developed for the city to consider, she said.
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One possible site is at Rock Bay.
A Songhees First Nation official said this week that it is open to the idea of a casino, in conjunction with other uses, on Rock Bay land. In 2016, the federal government transferred 4.2 acres of land there to the Songhees and Esquimalt First Nations.
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Posted 23 September 2017 - 10:56 PM
+1 for a Rock Bay proposal. Done right this could be an amazing way to jump start development of this long neglected area. Done poorly however...well, let's not go there just yet.
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Posted 24 September 2017 - 07:22 AM
+1 for a Rock Bay proposal. Done right this could be an amazing way to jump start development of this long neglected area. Done poorly however...well, let's not go there just yet.
I agree. Let's make Government St. great again.
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Posted 24 September 2017 - 08:17 AM
...Let's make Government St. great again.
And Store Street too.
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Posted 24 September 2017 - 10:24 AM
This will be interesting. There are two groups who believe that they are getting the casino. I don't see it going to the FN group though as the area around the old hydro site is too run down. If it was just the casino then it wouldn't matter but who is going to want to build a hotel and restaurant there? The site that will be chosen is in Vic West.
Edited by spanky123, 24 September 2017 - 10:24 AM.
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