Lost local businesses

Steve Perskie from the NJ Gambling Commission at the Gambling Commision educational forum: 'Let me make you a promise. Your legislation requires that operators put up a $500m investment. With that kind of money, you can be sure they're going to build an impressive structure with restaurants, bars, nightclubs, shops. Make no mistake: the delicatessan down the street is going to go out of business. The nightclub around the corner is going to go out of business. Nothing the Mass. Casino Commission can do is going to change that.' This is what Steve Wynn said: He also said bluntly that the casino, by itself, was not going to solve Bridgeport's economic or social problems. 'Get it straight,' he said. 'I think I know how to bring people to Bridgeport, and keep them coming, but there is no reason on earth for any of you to expect for more than one second that just because there are people here, they're going to run into your store, or restaurant, or bar. 'That didn't happen in Atlantic City,' he said. 'It should never have been promised in Atlantic City. It is illogical to expect that people who won't come to Bridgeport and go to your restaurants or your stores today will go to your restaurants and stores just because we happen to build this building here.' http://middlebororemembers.blogspot.com/2012/03/wynns-plans-for-bridgeport-ct.html