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NOW THAT AMERISTAR HAS TAKEN
ITSELF OUT OF SPRINGFIELD'S
CASINO COMPETITION---THAT LEAVES
JUST TWO DOWNTOWN PROPOSALS.
22NEWS REPORTER ELYSIA RODRIGUEZ
EXPLAINS WHY THAT HAS THE CITY
COUCIL CHANGING PLANS.
NORTH END VERSUS SOUTH END,
PICKNELLY BROTHER VERSUS
PICKNELLY BROTHER... THE TWO
REMAINING CASINO PROPOSALS DRAW
A LOT OF PARRALELLS. BOTH PENN
NATIONAL'S PROPOSAL WITH PETER
PICKNELLY IN THE NORTH END AND
MGM'S PROPOSAL WITH PAUL
PICKNELLY IN THE SOUTH END ARE
800 MILLION DOLLAR RESORT
CASINOS. AND BOTH PROMISE TO BE
THE CENTERPIECE OF DOWNTOWN
REVITALIZATION.
I THINK IT COULD DO BOTH GOOD
AND BAD
UNLIKE AMERISTAR'S DROPPED PLANS
IN EAST SPRINGFIELD, THE TWO
REMAINING PROPOSALS BOTH POSE
CERTAIN PROBLEMS THE CITY
COUNCIL WILL HAVE TO WORK
THROUGH.
THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE SEE REAL
CHANCES OF ZONING, SEVERAL
SPECIAL PERMITS MAY BE NEEDED."
"THERE'S LAND THAT NEEDS TO BE
ACQUIRED." THE CITY COUNCIL'S
FIRST MOVE WILL BE TO DECIDE
WHETHER THE CASINO REFERENDUM
SHOULD BE A CITY WIDE VOTE OR
JUST A WARD VOTE. THAT DECISION
HAS BEEN DELAYED BEFORE, BUT IS
EXPECTED AT THE COUNCIL MEETING
DECEMBER 17TH.
"IT DOES AFFECT THE WHOLE CITY
EVEN THOUGHT WOULD BE LOCATED
IN ONE CERTAIN AREA BUT IT DOES
AFFECT THE WHOLE CITY SO I THINK
THE SHOW CITY SHOULD VOTE ON
IT." ER----22NEWS.