tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15133926.post7153032892852938925..comments2023-10-10T06:51:06.526-04:00Comments on Ryan's Take: What Casinos Do to Local BusinessesRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04523572927796479670noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15133926.post-85547825500017664932010-03-13T17:01:26.552-05:002010-03-13T17:01:26.552-05:00I'm not sure where you get your numbers or inf...I'm not sure where you get your numbers or information from on the local effect of casinos. Atlantic City had a 40,000 population before the casinos came in. The town was dying. The casinos now employ more than 50,000 people. <br /><br />I was in Cripple Creek the year before casinos. I was a ghost town. There couldn't of been 15-20 stores open and most had few customers. State law dictated that casinos could only be opened in existing structures, so most of the restaurants and hotels sold out to the casinos.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15133926.post-87077480435443795572010-03-12T08:14:03.570-05:002010-03-12T08:14:03.570-05:00Cut the hacks and get rid of the patronage. Until ...Cut the hacks and get rid of the patronage. Until then the Dems are screwed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15133926.post-88774958764212752652010-03-12T00:27:02.394-05:002010-03-12T00:27:02.394-05:00The sales tax was not my first choice at all, but ...The sales tax was not my first choice at all, but I do think we generally overestimate the amount of people willing to hop across the border. <br /><br />In some areas, there are tolls that would cost more than the tax, but in all areas, it's more expensive in terms of gas and in terms of time, with a major expense in the opportunity cost of what you could have spent if you didn't take that trip to NH to save a couple cents on the dollar. <br /><br />For a few people *right* on the border, it may make a difference, but probably not enough to offset the needs of that extra revenue... even if that's not at all where I would have picked to get that revenue.Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04523572927796479670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15133926.post-16743317978153549002010-03-11T09:27:08.930-05:002010-03-11T09:27:08.930-05:00Just wondering what your thoughts are on what effe...Just wondering what your thoughts are on what effect sales taxes have on business. Specifically what effect does a sales tax on alchohol have on border communities like Methuen? My guess is that people drive 2 miles North and avoid the tax.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15133926.post-87172219691359919602010-03-10T21:46:34.524-05:002010-03-10T21:46:34.524-05:00Whenever I think of a casino in Fall River, I thin...Whenever I think of a casino in Fall River, I think of what it might do to the <a href="ncfta.org" rel="nofollow">Narrow Center</a> - my all-time favourite live music venue.<br /><br />Every penny that goes into the casino is discretionary money that will <b>not</b> be spent at the Narrows, your theatre, restaurants, and so on.<br /><br />I know that pro-casino people read that statement and go "yeah, yeah, blah, blah" but it's true and it will hurt local businesses.<br /><br />No question about it.Mark Belangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08377845343337691704noreply@blogger.com