Monmouth situation increasingly dire..

[richard burch]

in the end you will see a few less casinos in a.c. and a casino in the meadowlands and maybe monmouth.

i'm not good picking horses but that is a lock.[/QUOTE]

this just in (as predicted)

Under terms of the lease, Gural agreed to build a new, $70 million grandstand on the opposite side of the current grandstand, as well as 1,500 parking spaces at the site of the current barns on the backstretch.

Gural would also have a right to conduct slot machine operations or other new gaming at the track, depending on legislative approval.

love it.

http://sboanj.com/index.asp?Key=2571

[jms62]

Originally Posted by richard burch

in the end you will see a few less casinos in a.c. and a casino in the meadowlands and maybe monmouth.

i'm not good picking horses but that is a lock.[/QUOTE]

this just in (as predicted)

Under terms of the lease, Gural agreed to build a new, $70 million grandstand on the opposite side of the current grandstand, as well as 1,500 parking spaces at the site of the current barns on the backstretch.

Gural would also have a right to conduct slot machine operations or other new gaming at the track, depending on legislative approval.

love it.

http://sboanj.com/index.asp?Key=2571

You declare victory very early...

[richard burch]

Originally Posted by jms62

You declare victory very early...

j gural is a very smart man. he wouldn't do this without the idea of slots coming in.

and as far as the approval....

no doubt about it.

[jms62]

Originally Posted by richard burch

j gural is a very smart man. he wouldn't do this without the idea of slots coming in.

and as far as the approval....

no doubt about it.

Great business being a prognosticator with an open ended timeline becuase people will tend to forget how wrong you are when the end is open ended. How long will this slam dunk take? Listen i want it as much as anyone but i think AC owns the current regime.

[richard burch]

Originally Posted by jms62

Great business being a prognosticator with an open ended timeline becuase people will tend to forget how wrong you are when the end is open ended. How long will this slam dunk take? Listen i want it as much as anyone but i think AC owns the current regime.

i would guess 2-4 years. i see a revitalization project coming to the meadowlands.

[richard burch]

[quote=richard burch;827260]i would guess 2-4 years. i see a revitalization project coming to the meadowlands.

[/QUOTE


Damn! Missed it by one year.

Sim Sala Bim

State Sen. Paul Sarlo (D-Wood-Ridge) has been a longtime booster of a Meadowlands-based casino, and New York's push to expand their gambling footprint has some feeling an increased sense of urgency, but President Stephen Sweeney said he'd reached an agreement with Sarlo to give Atlantic City five more years before bringing casinos elsewhere in the state,”

http://sboanj.com/index.asp?Key=2633


and in other gambling news...

http://sboanj.com/index.asp?Key=2634

[MaTH716]

[quote=richard burch;834334]

Originally Posted by richard burch

i would guess 2-4 years. i see a revitalization project coming to the meadowlands.

[/QUOTE


Damn! Missed it by one year.

Sim Sala Bim

State Sen. Paul Sarlo (D-Wood-Ridge) has been a longtime booster of a Meadowlands-based casino, and New York's push to expand their gambling footprint has some feeling an increased sense of urgency, but President Stephen Sweeney said he'd reached an agreement with Sarlo to give Atlantic City five more years before bringing casinos elsewhere in the state,”

http://sboanj.com/index.asp?Key=2633


and in other gambling news...

http://sboanj.com/index.asp?Key=2634

What if these guys aren't in office in 5 years?