Larry Gregory
Larry Gregory
associated casinos employees
We've got about 4,500 employees associated with those casinos right now.
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The other challenge is that insurance companies won't want to cover them if they operate on water,
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Progress on the Gulf Coast has been very positive. We've gotten our first month of our gross revenues (and) the numbers coming in are beyond anyone's wildest expectations.
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We have a very serious situation facing the future of our casino industry,
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I'm not at liberty to comment on the newer ones, but we're getting new proposals pitched to the commission on almost a weekly basis. There are some big, big names who want in on the action on the Gulf Coast.
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It's my understanding that construction will begin after we make the approval tomorrow, and the casino should open in August or September.
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I've had conversations with five CEOs of major casino companies, including Harrah's and MGM and Casino Magic. They tell me they're reluctant to rebuild if the other factors still exist,
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That's a large casino development, and that's only the first phase. They're planning on coming back in with different phases on the south side of the property.
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They're coming north within 800 feet of the shore. It will be the first casino to get approval to move.
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You could get on one side of the Gulf Coast and shoot a bullet, and it wouldn't stop until it passed the state line. Nobody was coming.
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it is going to be very difficult to sell to shareholders investing that amount of money in jurisdictions limited to only water.
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I think that will be a public policy question that will be on the minds of every legislator when they come in for the next session. That discussion will be the No. 1 issue in this legislative cycle. This will definitely put the fire under their feet.
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It's standing room only. People were waiting two and three deep just to get on machines. It's absolutely unbelievable.