Wow, has everyone evolved as even O'Malley and his legislature was against all this when Erhlich was Governor. I guess this evolving is to emulate the President for his down the road run in 2016!

Oh man, this would be so epic.

Love the idea.

Try to think of a recipe to ruin the small town atmosphere of Havre de Grace.... What would you put on the list?

I guess I'm the downer here.

I hate the idea, for more reasons than I can count. Gambling is not a tourist attraction. The people who go to slots parlors don't invest their money anywhere else. They don't walk the streets, eat in the restaurants, or shop in the stores.

Want proof? Go to Atlantic City.

I think this sums up other reasons why this is a bad idea.

http://www.delmarvanow.com/article/20120614/OPINION01/206140398/Our-View-Gambling-no-sure-bet-Maryland?odyssey=nav|head

Harford County could buy the old Gilbert Property and take it off the tax rolls, bring back the USS Forrest Sherman DD-931 and tie it up there and open up a floating casino. Worst idea ever.

Tom is kind of right. A boat itself just brings in people and buses who go solely to the boat and back to the original destination. The casino boat I frequent in Florida has trouble enough drawing in people and when it does draw in people, they aren't there to enjoy the rest of the town.

Not that it really matters. It's pretty clear that the state sees the real bonanza at National Harbor, right at the base of the Woodrow Wilson bridge. That's what this is all about, That will put the one at Arundel Mills under. Ocean City is already losing money and Rocky Gap hasn't been built yet (although the design work is being fast tracked).

How about balancing a budget and cutting waste? Could this possibly work?
Why would anyone go on a casino boat that will have to have the worst payoffs in the region and charge a cruise fee, when they could simply cross the bridge and have better payouts with a greater gaming selection? It would appear that nobody in local government has a clue of how a business works. These are the people we have elected to spend our tax money.

Would you like me to break it down?

Now, you have purchased or leased your vessel, you greased the pockets of the officials to get a really cheap berth at a city owned property, you passed your first CG inspection, you have hired and drug tested your crew, you purchased your machines (likely just a couple/few hundred machines, as restricted by the size of your vessel), you have your machine techs, waitstaff, galley crew, and managers all hired and uniformed, now what? How do you decide what hours to run your cruises? Are you going to make people wait on the dock for the next cruise and possibly lose their business to Hollywood Casino, or are you going to incur more overhead by having a high speed shuttle ferry them out to the mothership? How do you possibly compete with fewer machines, less playing hours and adverse weather conditions? You either have to have the worst odds in the region, or you have to charge a cruise fee, either way, most folks will never come to your little corner of the market, or they will come one time and be done.

The only SUCCESFULL riverboat casinos are docked in places where there are no land based casinos for many miles.

If it gets passed, I give the operator 1 year max, before they are belly-up.

Good luck.

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