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ORIGINA�.
By
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RESOLVED: That F
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RESOLUTION
C{TY OF SAIiVT PAUL, MlNNESOTA
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ion, TD #53263, £or a Bingo Hall License by 5005 Properties,
Levine, Robert Larson, Larry Saliterman, Robert Levine, Co-
Hillcrest Bingo, 1610 White Bear Avenue N., be and the eame is
ed with the £ollowing conditions:
� se holder shall submit to LIEP an annual statement documenting
of operation for the businesses using the parking lot to
comp with the approved parking arrangement for the bingo
2) The new parkin� spacea proposed £or the east side of the ahopping
center are strip d according to the approved site plan (see attached)
by July 1, 1998.
3) The neaessary buildi'g permits are obtained for the remodeling
associated with this evelopment.
4) A separate license is ok�ained for the proposed food service. Cont_ac�
Steve Olson of our staff Qat 266-9139, regarding this licenaing
requirement. ` �
Department of:
Bp. ��,(�@
Form Approved by
By:
By:
Approved by Mayor:
By:
Green Sheet # �72
3a
Committee: Date
Date
Approved by Mayor for
Council
By:
ssion to
Adopted by Council: Date
Adoption Certified by Council Secretary
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��ATMENTqFF�CElCOUNCf� DA7E IMITIATED �� �, /� �
LIEP GREEN SHEE �
COMTACT PERSON g PNO�E IHITIAI.IDATE
DE?kRTMENT DIA�CiOR �N�T�A���^Tt
Willi2ID F. Gunthex' - 266-9132 OC{iYnTTORNEY OCITYLOUNCR
ASSIGN
MUST BE ON COUNQI AGE.VDA BY fOATE) NUMBEF F08 O CITY �LERX
AOUTIHG O BO�G'7 DIRECTOR � FIN. S N.GT SE?`nCES DIR.
HEdI121 : $ " OPOEq � ptayCR (Ofi ASSISTANT7 �
T07AL # OF SIGNAT RE PAGES (CLiP ALL LOCATIONS fOR SIGNATURE) �
1CTION REQUESTED:
5005 Properties, Inc. DBA Hillcrest Bingo, ID 4F53263, requests Council approvel
of their application for a Bingo Hall License at 1610 L7hite Bear Avenue N.
..=wm..1cnvnuurv5: qpprove (A) or Reject (R�
_ PUNNIN� C00.tMISS10N _ CIVfI SERVIGE
_ CIB COMMITTEE
__ STAFF
__ DISiRIG7COURT
SUPPORTS WHICH COUNCIL OBJECTIVEt
PEpSONAL SERVICE CONTRACTS MUSTANSWER THE FOLLOWING pUESiIONS:
7. Has this personRrm ever worketl under a contrad for this tlepariment? .
YES NO
2. Has this persoNtirm eve� been a ciry empioyee? -
YES NO
3. Does�this personflirm possess a skill not normally possessed by any current dry employee?
YES NO
Ezplaln eil yes answera on aeparate aheet and attach to g?eeo afieat --
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PPROVED. .. . _ _ ,
FJ�6���;9 !l{�i����tV3! Le•���:^e
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�7AL AMOUNT OF TRANSACTION S,
NOING SOUqCE �' ` - '� � -
0 .NCIA�.INFOftMATIpN (EXPWN)
x _.�-,
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IF
.- COST/REV£NUE BUDGETEO (CIRCLE ONE) YES NO
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Minnesota LawfilT GumbZing
Singo �ai1 License Application
� ��
Incomplete, fa(se, or misleading applicafion information may resuit in denial of a license. qd �
Singo f-!a[i lnformation
� A bingo hali license: � is required for anyone who ieases a bingo haif to more than one organization;
i � is vafid for a period of one year, and
� must be approved by the Gambfing Control Board.
Name of 8ingo NaVi
Hillcrest Bingo _,�,/
SUeet Address of B'tngo Hall
1610 White Bear Avenue
Mailing Address of Bingo Hall
1610 White Bear Avenue
LG300 For OfTico Usa Only:
6/96 Fee
Page 1 of 2 Dzte
Check #
Ini:ia4s
Lic. No. BH
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City County
St. Paul Ramsey
City
St. Paul
2irgo Half Phone
� 612� 374-1555
State Zip Code
MN 55106
State Zip Code
MN 55106
Owner(s) Information
� 7he owner must be the lessor of the bingo hall.
� Subleases are �ot alfowed.
� Attach a Bingo Hall Personnel (nformation form (�G315) for each person listed in this section.
Name of Legal Owner of Bingo Hall Property Phone
Hillcrest Center Tenants in Co�n � 617� 374-1555
Business Maiiing Addtess City State Zip Code
5005 Old Cedar Lake Road St. Louis Park N1N 55416
Names of alf owners, officers, partners, directors, managers, supervisors, and persons or entities with a direct
or indirect financia! interest of five percent or more in the applicant (use a separate sheet, if necessary):
Name Title Name 7ifte
�• Marion Levine Co-tenant ��
2 Robert Larson Co-tenant 8
3. Larry Saliterman Co-tenant s.
4 Robert Levine Co-tenant �p
5. � �.
6. 12.
Type of Susiness (check one box)
❑ Sole Proprietorship ❑ Corporation
❑ Partnership ❑ Limited Liability Co.
Minnesota Sales and Use Tax ID Number: None
❑ Firm X— Tenants in Conunon
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1� �,� � LG300
.ingo Hall License Application Pa e 2
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Locai Government Acknowfedgment
• The local unit of govemment must specifically approve or deny a bingo hali applic2tion.
• A copy of the app�ovai resolutlon must be attached to thls appilcatlon.
• Applicatiors denied by the local unit of govemment vnil not be considered by the Gamblir.y Control Board and sfiould not be
submitted.
If the bingo hall is loczted within any city limits, the city must sign in box "A" beiow.
If the bingo fiall is located o�tside any city limits, the county AND township musi sign in boxes "A" and "B" below.
A. City or Counry Name:
St, Paul
Signature o( Person Receiving Appt'cation:
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Title: � Date Received:
��i�-.. ���w.). �� <� f ��pi.ti � I�.� I'7d �./>
Oath V - !
• I declare that this application is correct and complete to the
best of my knowledge and belief.
• I will famliarize myself with the laws of the State of Minne-
sota and mles of the 8oard regarding gambling and agree,
if licensed, to abide by those laws and rules, including
amendments to them.
• I deciare that I am qualified under the terms of Minnesota
Rules, part 7862.0010, subpart 3, to be licensed as a bingo
hall ancf w�l{ abide by the restrictions set forth in Minnesota
Rules, part 7862.00'10, subpart 4.
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Signature ot� of the Lessor
Managing Agent
(1^tnhar �� �997
Date
B. To��mship Name:
Signature of Person fteceiv':^g Appiication:
Title (Township Official): Date Received:
Is Township:
_Organized _Ur,organized _Uttincorporated
• I declare that any lease agreements beriveen the bingo hall
licensee and lawful gambling organizaGons wiil specifically
ident"rfy any goods or services that the organizafion is re-
quired to purchase from the lessor or a third party vendor,
and that ali goods and services furnished as part of the lease
agreement wili be valued at their fair market value.
• Changes in the informa5on submitted in this application will
be submitted in writing to the Board and local unit of gov-
emment within ten days after the change occurs.
sworn to before me this ��� day
, �9 97
My Commission
Attach the Foltowing and Mail
J LG300, Bingo Hali License Application;
�l 1G302, 8ingo Hall Occasion List;
J LG315, Bingo Hall Personnef Information;
� Proof of ownership (warrenty deed, contract for deed, prop-
erty tax statement, or other);
d Loca1 unit of govemment approval resofution (for city or
county); and
J Check for $2,500 license fee payable to "State of Minne-
sota" (fees are considered earned and are not refundable,
prorated, or transferrable).
Mail application and Gambling Controi Board
attachments to: Suite 300 South
'17'11 W. County Road B
Rosevilfe, MN 55'113
Afiow eight weeks for application processing.
Tennessen Warning: The infortnation requested on th'ss form (including
any attachments} will be used by the Gambling Control Board (Boar� fo
determine your quaiifications to be involved in Iawful gambGng activities
in Minnesota, and to assist the Board in conducting a background inves-
tigation of you. You have the right to refuse to supply ihe intormation
requested; however, if you refuse to snppiy this iniormation, the Board
may not be abie to determine your qualifications and, as a consequence,
may refuse to issue you a license. I( you supply the information requested,
the Board wiA be able ko process your application. It the 8oard does not
issue you a license, all in/ormation provided in the process of apptying
(or a Iicense remains private, with the exception o( your name and ad-
dress which will rema(n pu61iC. --
Private data a6out you is available only to the toliowing: Board mem-
bers, stalf of the Board whose work assignment requires that they have
access to ihe information; the Department of Public Safefy; the Attomey
Genecal; the Commissioners of Administration, Finance, and Revenue;
the Legislative Auditor; national and internationel gambling reguiatory
agenGies; anyone pursuant to co�rt order; other individuals and agen-
cies that may be specificaliy aathorized by state or federal Iaw to have
access to such intormation; individuals and agencies for which iaw or
legal order aufhoi�zes a new use or sharing of the intormation aRer this
notice is given; you; and anyone with your wriften consent. This form will
be made avai�able in alternative (ormat (i.e. large print, Braille) upon
request.
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BINGO HALLS LOCATED IN ST PAUL
IDEAL HALL -1494 N DALE ST
Ladies Samaritan Club
Blessed Sacrament Church
St. Peter Claver Social Club
NIIDWAY BINGO PALACE - 449 LEXINGTON PKWY N
Holy Childhood Church
GTVE, Inc.
Midway Training Services
St. Mary's Romanian Orthodox Church
W 7TH STREET BINGO -1926 7TH ST W
St. Paul Midway Lions Club Foundation
Children's Program of Northern Ireland
ALANO SOC7ETY OF ST PAUL - 520 ROBERT ST N
(NOT A BINGO HALL)
ST CASIMIli CHURCH - 934 GERANIUIVI AVE E
(NOT A BINGO HALL)
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sep�e�,� za I997
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Prsaident, 8o�td of Directors
RM�ary County QIC
800 Eaat M'vu�ohaha A.ve., Sulte ] DO
St. FauI, MN 551p6
Aear Ms. Hayden,
2169 Stiiiwp�rr Avcnu¢, 5ui�� 2q1
Satutpaul,MEt 3531R•3308
Pl�rn�o: (6i4) 731.6641
F�c (G1:7 771A7Q�
At the Septembar 17,199fi Aistrict 2 Cammunity Counci! meet�ng, SusAts jaeksun explsinec! the
Itrtmuy Cnunty OIC's imerest 1_n loaatiuQ in t�v old Gata �'oads aite in HiUcrest C+ttttar. Aften c�r
preaent�t{on, there waa � longthy discussit�n regnrding thf g proponal �tnd its cff£ect upon the
nelShborhood.
Tt wA� ctear that the 1}istriat Z Bosrd of Dirc�tnrs ie irs�reased with the R�4IG program itselF,
but io not happy with the eite baing explored for the program The foi2owing mo6ona were pn.+eed
ueenittlously by ihe 8aard nf Directard:
M�TTOZ+T; That thc�oard prepnre a(etter to Ramsey County Q1C expre5sing our
concans about che rurrent site and asking tAem to work vrith North EAe1
Neighborhoods Deve(aptttent CocparnUan and Di�trict 2 ia �,nding sn alternativs
sitq, At�o, ta sxprsss onr conce�nS abuut the lale ttoGftcadan regardfng ttua aite.
�4iOTI0N; T1t�t District 2 oppoee ntsy a.�d all veriance9 to thie proiect, incluaing
adm(nistrative vadancea.
Tf18 CCaaOn9 foC the Lounttcil oppaeition to thie silc cencer �round two arese ofoonocrn. The,�rst
has So dD with tho type �f tonant that sh�+��Id go in this tc�„tivn, Tt wa9 p�inted out that e largo
amount of monay fbr renovation pnd streatscape were spent in the last few yoara tcr improve the
arer. aa a aamrnarvin! canter. To repiace an anct�vr grvoery tenent with a achao3 that doesn`t draw
ootyutmcrs waald be a mnjor charsge in use �d cauW dramaticeliy A�'sct tha vfability ofother
businassea in th� H'ilkr�si Canter_ zc wou[d bo ident ta $nd another grvcaty store ta replace tNe
oae that 1eft, bui if not a grncery atare, than a onmmcrclal use that would generate tra8lc in chn
Center.
3econd, lhero were aever�i aonGerns reIaed ebout t�u pfan itaelf, eopeci�lly txeatfn� a aido daar
nntrence and establiahln� psrking irt the resr of th4 building. Ix w98 3'ett th�tt t11is u+e!�Id inev3tably
epftt i�1ta the 8urrnunding residendal neighborhood, oriCr2t part n�tha bpilding awey #t�om W1��e
boar Avenue ,end eow.rd, ehe rea3dene�I nei�bprhood nnd create th� possibility of undesfrable
usas ttsr �he rtar partlan ef'tt� build�g aRer RemBey Coumy OiC lasves.
DIST TWD CCtW�IL
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5avere! a�ternati�e s9tes were brought un lncludiug ths a?�gndaned Bui1dW'� 5quare 6uiidinq two
btocka north of tha Gela Foode �ite. The amount o£squue foot�tge availabta et this eits would be
more tlsan sdequete tbr the jab training prvgram ead mautd kt►va a gr�t dea! nP space far othv
retail tises at thet 61ta.
We urQe you to contect the Dietrlcc Z Commcsnity CouncU, 731-6842, t�d tf�e Norkh East
Nei�h6nrhaadd Pouelopment G�*pnr�ttion, 772-5955, ta discuss altetnativea to the Hilicrest
Center site. We balit,re thet we can be of nss;stanea iti ypur aearch fbr n space.
Thank you far yaur �ttention to our conoqrns. I look fotward ta hearinQ from you
Sincerely,
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Tlett Dornfeld
Executive Director
tc. Councilsnember Dan Bostrom
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Address: 1600 White Bear Avenue N. (rear warehouse space of former Gala Foods}
Proposed Use: Charitable Bingo, Puiitabs, Food Concessions
Projected Opening Date: May Oi, 1988
Proposed Hours of Operation: 15 Sessions per week
Monday-Saturday, 2 sessions nightly: 7 pm and 9 pm
Sunday, 3 sessions: 1 pm, 7 pm and 9 pm
Sponsoring Organizations: Three non-profit, tax exempt 5G1C3 organizations
which hold current charitabie gambling 4icenses and permits issued by the State of
Minnesota and the City of St. Paul.
1) MTS, INC. provides day training and habilitation services to over 150 people
with mental reta�dation and physicai disabiiities. Currently 25 of our ciients
Vive within the area in group homes, foster homes, or with their famities.
2) MTi, INC, provides transportation services throughout Ramsey County to
people with mental or physicai disabilities.
3) GIVE, INC. contributes charifabie gambling profits to Kaposia lnc. a day
training and habilitation program which serves over 350 people with
devefopmentaf disabi[ities. Over 85 of our clients {ive in the area.
� 10% of aii puiltab profits woutd be donated monthly to loca{ area youth organizations.
• The proposed Bingo Hail wouid use less than 50% of the space that is available in
the buiiding. The remaining prime space in the front wiil be available for retail use.
• Signs wouid be installed to reserve parking spaces for existing businesses.
• A front entrance would be instailed for patrans use. it is projected that only 60% of
the patrons would arrive by car. 8eing on a major bus route is essential to a Bingo
Half. Employees wouid use the rear entrance and parking lot.
• Patrons of the Bingn Haii must be 18 or over.
• Consumption or sale of aicohol will not be permitted in the Singo Hali.
• A uniformed, off-duty Poiice officer wouid be hired to provide security for patrons,
empioyees and monitor the parking lot during a11 evening sessions.
• Current businesses wouid benefit from the 7,000 - 10,000 customers we wou(d draw
to the shopping center each monCh dunng the off-peak evening hours.
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lteccacch Reniew..._. _ _ _ ___. '1
• Thc 1'YJ6 M�II Gmomer Shoppu�g
IYi��ms Rcport
• Dw+n�wu Shupyins: The Imyan uf Gvd<4nuc
• A+oain fw�es Gam@U�ng
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• Mip�i¢n Come fnllinF, Rut WlllTvgeuAnmid
/ �.� i�fal ECONOMY
• ll.9. lly�.r<mcn� Storc Sile�
• US. Mall Sdcx
• Facwry Oudet Sol�,
• U.S. Cnusaraaion
• Gnadiau Mull $xl<s
• c;���a� ca�u�«t�o
R- E S E A R C H
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The 1.996 Mall Cus�ozner
Shopping Patterns Report
IC5C studies mott cuslomer shopping habits and buying paHems
INTRODUCTION
Conducring cuseomer in�acepc sucveys ac malls is ihc mosc popular and widely
used rescarch redmiquc for wlleccing and a•acking eonsumer shopping behavior.
As a result, rhe larger developers and managers ha�c creaced their own benchmark
dazabascs from which they can draw con�parisons benveen shopping cenmrs and
track shopping patteuu uvcr time bas:d on the survey dara. lu�alyxs and
comparisonx arc generally drawn betw�cn a devdoper: findings and nationally
published rcporu from reseucli con�ulcing �rms.
PROJECTAPPROACH
As a�t adjuuc� co exiscing bcnchmark scudics, ICSC sponsored a prujae in '
;�. FAX F/NALE .. ......... .. 34 � 999 W ��i�}� serived w gacher xnd reyor� cuscomec shopping habiee aod buying
• 2c<p��e� _�ea Do Yon Shopt pac�erns a� a diverse group of sliopping malls. ICSC commissioned Arthut ,
•»9G eol�da sil� Swoa • Andersrn �o compilc [he resul�s of 7 994 cuscomcr incercepc survcy daca submir[
by four drrclopershnanagers. ("Phe database indudcd a total oF72 shopping malls and 33,000 shopprrs.) -
ICSC subscyucntly Gnrtuned [he wording of survcy yuutions and modified re.ponse catcgorics 6efore rcpcaring the ]995
inrercepi sucvcy. The ncw survey, upon which chc following ieporr is based, indudes neariy 54 shopping malls atid 22,000
shoppers. I)cvelopen .ubmiaitig daca for one or hoch yeacs included Simon DeBacmlo, General Growch Proper�ies,
Wcll�l'ark/The O'Connor Group, TrizecHalm Centecs, llrban and Wescfidd. Apyroximaccly GO% of c{�e s6opping centess in the
da�abasc are 806,000 sqwire fcet m' largc:, while 4Q4�o zrc under EOC�,G00 <_ye!a;: f•.ce.
Tl�is dlcaba�e includes a convtnicnce sample of matls is nur a random sample oI malls represancins specific crieeria surh u
locacion, siz� or yer(ormance for chc Uniced Seaccs overall. Thercfore, caucion should be tal:en wlun using this infonnation eo
draw comparisons nr conduaions abom a syccific malPs asromer sl�opping paaerns. However, gcneral comparisons'to ocher
pu4�t;�hcd reporu wcre made ro checSc che consistency and vaVidiry of che grouped dara in �I�e 1995 daabasc. Overall shopping
h.�birs, cuscomec dcmogcaphicc and relaced chuacreeistics reported here are consiscent with other benchma�k scudiet.
SJiOPPER 1'ROFILE
Age
� Respondcnrs incluctcd cusromers agz 14 or older. "1'I�e mcdian sgc of rhese shoypen tias 36 years, whidi is % ycars younger
� than i6e rucdian agc of dic mral popularion in the Unimd Srnres ovcr che age of 13. Previous re>carch suggescs chac malls arc
mos� eFF'ec�iv� in aecracrin� �onsumers between �hc agcs of ]4 and 54. This daabase is consis�cnc wich o�her brnchmark
ie�u:n ;cpotuug ina� m,iln nrc ic.c: eiiutivt w scnin� rhe agc 55 ot older sl�oppcc (See'labir 1,)
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Research Review �d�
ollice workcrs ninc monrhs afrer the ceniu opened. The
numben calted ,vcrc randomly selected from a sampling 1'ac oE
businc�sts within postal Zip Code 46204, which wes uscd m
reperscnc che downcovni oflice area Rapondcncc wece scceened
co ensure chat chey work £ull timc in an office faciliry. They
wac alau utcgu�iud as wp menagemGic, middle management
or suppor[/secre[arial staff> so chat quoras of ruponde�ia from
cach ategory cou(d be reached—thacby athieving a
represencacive s�mple of workers from each cacegory.
The nacurc of che survry format and the qucsuons �vcrc
dzsign�d re� closely follow ehac of ihe 19A7 office wod:er swdy
cnnducrcd by ICSC, so d�ac raulu could bc compared. To
gauge che regional draw of che cencer and ics impac� on �
shopping chr�ughouc nc� Indiauapolis mecropoliran arca,
credit renl cwcomcr d'ucribucion data by zip code—which was
America Goes Gam(bl}ing
:� An overview of the industry
Ie has bccn described as "ane oCihe fucuc growing forms of
conswncr spcnding."� In 1995, Amcricans spcnt almosr $20
billion on casino gambling. lncludc lotmries and odier forms uf
bccring and the figure u doscr co $40 billion, ovu ehrca eimes as
much u chc roral spcnt on movies, amuszmcnr parks and
speccacur spoccs? Gamb(ing, oc "ga�ning" as the induscry pcefecs
m bc called, is suddenlY �7 h�6 husiness, as seen in'1'able t.
�
Jusc a few ycars ago, gambling mean� oniy two piaces: Las
U.r�.t and Adantic Ci�V Today, ic'it di��u![!o keep u;� wiirz>!!
of thc locarions where ]egaliud gambling is taking place, and
acxc co impos�ible to keep cracic of all che plans and ptoposals
in the wockc chm�ghouc die counuy. \Ghac was once a
and c6en a'bice" is now becoming a major (and (egicimace)
playar in many para of �he country. The guning inductry is
bcing �iad;cd and analyzcd by prominene invescmenc hoaccs,
and yarmetships arc being Fonned wich major corpora[ions in
rhe hospicaliry, �nmrtainmem :uid re�ail fclds.
Dcspic� che multiplying of orcmtions, companiu and
'CA�.r(<ki�e (:had�sT.'ihe Pn oFlR�blie Rav:nu<leom Grnw�' In Pdoal l4«r.:
( i� . k�/H... , �<'co , <5�:..I,p—m , _IS9>, �
'$hroA<r Wad�ciin h Ca. G.uv<.iS p�u��ry qnr�wd Rmim t99G. p 6.
prnvided by bo[h of che ccnccr's department store anchor^,-6;
well u daca from cuscom:r inrercepc sucveys conduaed by che
maii managcmcrir company ar che cencer werc acamined.
Addicionally, five competing malis in ihe meuopoliran atca
pcovided combined anchnr and non-anchor sales daca foc both
rhe full year preceding che opening oPCircle Centre and the
6d1 year afru. Finally, ro pro�ide a mechanism Fot asseuing
impacu on ehe downcuwn business composition, the loeal
downrown prnmocional otganit,tcion—Indianapolis
Downcown, lne.—conducced a businas-by-business inventory
before and aCiec Circle Crntm opcned.
Yor furcher infnrmation on this anicle, pleue eontact
Tom l�wycr ac ICSG (212)-421-8181, Lxc. 327. .
loca�ions, there are oidy a few ca�cgoria of gaming
establis(imenu ro conccnd wich: che tradieional major inscslia[ions
ar L�s Uegas ar�d Adancic Ciry, Native Am<rican casinos,
rivuUoacc and land-based casinos. Whilc ]as Vegaz a��d Adancic
Ciry have coniinucd co cxpand in the puc five yrus, if irrcgularly,
the new fonns of gamb{ing, riverbaxts and Nacirc Amcrican
c�sinos, havc mxdc a serious dtnc in che Eormu monopoJy,
Table 1
Scate Num6er of �asinos 1995 Reventtes
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Nevada � "r-. 184:''� 5 6.6billion
Ncw Jetsey .'`��` 73 '+° $ 3.� Uiliion
Miuiuippi 25'�� � - $ 1.7 billion
Illinois 9;; 5 1,2 biUion
Louisiana 11 � , $ I.1 billion
Connec[icut 1 $ I.0 billion
Miseouci 7 �. $ 466 millinn
Colorado ""�' � 56 S 384 million
Iowa ��;,n:.. 'e•n .
:.v�w., . 7"�fi $ 239 million
Sourh Dnl•oia � � $9�;ti� $ 46million
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Gambling+vas Irgalized suirwido in Ncvada in 1931, Uut
thc growch oFi,as ucgas did noc reaily begin uncil afccr \�'lorld
War II. The success of Las Uegaz is based primarily on cwo
Facrors: Nevada's long•term monopoly on legalized gambling
in ihc Vni�cd S�aics and i�s pro�imi�y �o a large and wesltl�y
onarkcr srnirtc, California. ]n rccent years, as gambling
rcvcmiec Flxrrrned otu, Ias Yegas has broadened ics appea! m
othcr kinds of rouris[s with reJaced acvanions.'1'his aend is
mminuing wiih ihe developmrnc of cnrercainmcn[ spcttadns,
of whicn gambling is only one comjwnert.
ATI.ANTIC CITY
Aftcr sca�naiing for many years as a seazonal seasidc rcsoa,
Ailamic Ciry became a scrond ttnecr for Icgalized gambling
in 1978. Many of che grcar horcls from che carly yact of the
cea�ury havc bcen dcmolished or conver[ed into che ]2
cuinos That operate ehere today. Atcer a numUec of slow years
in d�e earty 1990s, Adaniic Ciry exptrienced a 600m in
1995. d�dcd by �hc libcralization of s[a[c regularions and
othcr incentives. As in the u�se of Las Uegas, many largrscala
spccraailar projetrs are now in che planning s�age.
NATIVE e1MERICAN RESERVATION CASINOS
In 198Z �he Supreme Coun ruled in c6c Gaber.on case
ihu Naiivr Amcrican cribes had nc� power to operxte any
(orm of gambling offered by die siates in w6id� chty had
ihcir rescrvauons. The Indian Gaming Regularory Acrof
1988 (lGRA) sei up mandarory rcgularory systents, inc�uding
recreational, chariey� and eacino (Class III) gambling.
fu wvereign nations, the tribes are exempc Irom wxacion,
b.iving chtm an ecnnomic advantsge ovet ochet btvsines,as,
induding the for-profi[ ganting companic<. Rcvenues mus[ be
devoied to cribal puryoses. Compaca have been signed benvicen
24 srace gov�nmenu v�d 123 criUu. In iouisia��a, Michigan
and Connccncut. [tibu havc agrccd [o m�l:c paymena m the
staces �s parc of the compac�s, permiccing scace govtrnments to
share in d�e rerenues.'1'hcrc am curmnrly 1l3 <:lau 11( facilitiet
in oper�rion, induding 23 d�st opened in 1995. Since there are
oves SOQ recognized sribes, sprrad ou� over 32 suio, �he
pocrnciz fc: fur�hcr Nativ: hmcri�n yam�!ing �; ena:mous.
Governors have refused to negotiate compac�s with Nacive
Miuican �ribes in a number of tiaies, utdudiiig Califomia,
Florida, Oklahoma and Tcxa�, and lawcuicc are pending in eoery
state chat has Native.9merican land. Only a stnall numbcr of
rhe Nuivelvnerican cuinos are in urbau arcaz; mosc arc on
resetvacions cha� arc rur�1 and «morc.
RNLRBOAT AND LAND-BASED CASINOS
In April t 991, a aiajor news evtne gare nacional codesage
ro che launching of riverboar casinos in Iowa. T'hese Floatin�
casinos wcrc promo[ed as wholesome �laces in which ro
gamble and have ftm. la Novcmber 1992, voren in Missouri
approved riverbou cicinos by a landslida Sooi�, over nvo
dozen river6oac caainos had bccn launcl�ed along the length
of chc Mis.cissippi and h4ismuri Rivers in six x[ara; fowa,
Indiana, lllinois, Miisnuri, Mississippi and Louisiana. Aher a
nwnber of falso scarrs, <hal:e-auu and d�e replaamcni o£
small businc<s owneis Uy major players, rivcrboar gambling
has reathed a certai�� taval of ma�uriry in some of ihese s[��cs,
Table 2
YEAIt N[iYADA AI'LANTIC CI7Y
1990
1991
]992 ' .
1993
)9�4
1995
1996(c)
64%/$5.5` -
G2�/�/SS.G
55%/$59 :'
47%/.f6.2
42ryo!$7.0 '
38a/o($7.4
i7%/87.9
35%/$2.9
34%/83.0
30%/$3.2
25°iol$33
21�h1$3.0
20%/$3.7
] 9%l$h.0
•8��,,«r� L� A Ldl:o--
.Sunr�r.' Sd�sntdn lY�r�rJ�tm � ('.�.
NATCVE AMERICAN
I%/$0.1
3%/$03
�i:. 11,%/31.2
16%/$2.2
-�� 18%/$29
18alo!$3.5
18°h$3.9
RMiRR011i'S
N!A
1%/$0.1
4�h1$o.4
I1%/$1,4
20�/u!$3.2
24%1$4.7
26%!%5.5.
S TU'i'AI.
S85
89.0
d10.7_;',j
$13.1
$1G.5,'�
$193
r�s
$21.3",' '
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nerican Casinos
Casinoc
scgments, and limimd new market exyansion for chem, the
cucrens shues wiil stabiliu and che pmporrioiu will runain
approzimately chc same in upcanins years.
while licenses for cxpansion are s�ill pcnding in othecs--
paxticulady, Indiana and Mismuri.
Las Uegas and Aclancic Ciry con[inued co see thcir revenuos
incteuc ycar by ycar d�rirg �c same �criod dulc ehcic masket
share shranfc. This suggesu rhac ehe cuscomer 6ase of gam6te�s
haz increased and d�a� n�v gambl�rs are boing anraaed ro the
vaditionz! �ambling loca[ions az wdl az ro�he riverboau and
Native Amcrican casinos. A cacnc smdy 6y the Ias Vegas
Convrnrion and Visirors Bumau iudica�cd chat 304�0 oF
respondenrs woiild be morc likely co gamble in l.as Uegas
beczuse of che increased availabil;ry of gamhling elsewhere.
Only 10% said ehey would be lcss likely co gamble in Uegas.�
gaming deviccc by a landslide 2-1 mupin.
Low-scal:es land-based gambling u courist ateractions have
bccn approved in Colorado and Sourh Dalwra. Colorado
opened casinos in ihrce sm�.�; mountai:� ro:., s i� Octouer
19'Ji :md by July 1992 nc� nwnbcrolcasinos had grown co
<R. In November 1992, Souch Dakora vocers approve�j
TODAY'S SHARE OF THE WINNINGS
TIiE NEW I3ATIONAL Cu1Iv1gL7NG MAP
On thc otd gambling map, Ias Yegas could be considcrcd
rh� A`Uetc G,zsr ga^�bliab r.,cccz z..,, '.da:,;:c C•_.y cnc ,�as[
Coa+c capital. Now, chue arc multiple centars vying for
��ova.. r �.
Thc rclarive percentage shares and revenucs of ehe major
gvnbleng segmcnrs from 1990 co ] 996 are indiwted in
Tablc 2. Things haYC changed drucicylly since 1990, when
virtually 21l oC ch� gambling in chc Uniccd S[accs took placc in
Las Veg.GC and Adantic Ciry. Five yzars la�er, ehcir �liarc of rhe
marke[ droppcd to litdc more �han half, wid� Na�ive Amcrican
; +xi,oc ,�, -; �oge.! r acc ,��r.:;,:g icr ,;m�x nai; cl
all gambling revenvcs nationatiy. I[ is pro'1�crcd thae wich che
macuring of die Nacive Amaican rasino and riverboa�
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r dollacs. [n the Easc, Foxwoads, a Nauve Amuicin
casino in Connacicui, suves an cvcn largcr, if overlappiny,
population base with Adancic Ciry. In thc Sourh, Missiuippi is
�he nauoni rhird gambling marktt, with riverboats based in che
fnrm�rly desrinae cnunry ofTunica on che Mississippi River
and in Biloxi on [he Gulf oEMexirn. "Il�ry benefi� from
b�idnece fmm Texas and, in rh: winrer, rhe Midwur, as well ac
from d�e anti•gambling scance of a number of surrounding
staces. which curccncfy limies compcticion. Thc Uppcc Midwuc
is anochcr ncx- ccnrcr> wich rivecboacs in Iltinois and chc
adjoining sr�res, Iovra and Indiana, catuing ro che Chicago
markcc wiiile Wiscon>in, Minnuon and vppu hli:higan ara
yeppered with Naci�e Ameriran eadnos, somc scrving Iocal
marktts w6ilt u�hers scrvc thc rcgional population canmrs oF
Minncapolis and Dcrroi[, as well�az Canada. .
for non-gambling rcavelers. Only 29% of gambling ccavelers
wece whi�e collar (managecia!-pmCasional} ve. 34D/a of noa-
gambling eraeelers, and a much larger xgman, 19°/u, were
rerired against 114'0 of non-gambling [ravelets. Avecage
household income was alsn cignifinndy Inwer ($47,891 Foc ehe
gambling tra�dcrx) than for nomgambling cravdcrs, $49,99$,
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PORTRAIT OF THE GAMBLER
Given rhac gambling aciivity is rapidly inuensing, die ne�ct
questioii is, Who is gambling? Many scudies have bern
under[aken of ihe demographic breakdown of gamblcrs. One
of �hcm, a�nducccd for Harrah's T:nccrr�inmcnc by NPD
Group (19ome Tescing Insti[u[e), is based on mail survey
rescarch which suggesa that casino paetons are noc too
differenc hom a cross seciion of �he U.S. populaeion.
However, casino pacrons arc slighdy older (median age 47 vs.
U.S. median 46), wi�h a somcwhac highcr )cvcl of cducacion
(1R°lo coilcge graduares vs. 17%u for [he e�i�ire population),
slighdy moce whice collac (43°10 vs. 39%), wiih che same
{+�opoceion of reiieees (16%). lncome u chc nnly xignificantly
diflerenc faccor. Camhlers have a mcdian househo(d
income of $39,D00 vs. �hc U.S. popula�ion median of
$31,000, according to this survcy.
Aaochei smdy, by �he U.S. Travel Da�a Gencet and based
ai a 1'ravelscope mail sun•c}; inJica�es somewhac similar
tuula. Hcrc, �mbling travelers are compaced with non-
gambfing iravclers. T1ie remSu indicate thac gambting
ccavclers [end w be oldec, wiih 34°.0 ova agc SS as oppusul
ro only 22% of non•gamUling iraveltn ovcr agc 55. 01dcr
rcrircd couptes, working older couplas and oldct paren[s
madc uy 47% of gambling cravcicrs vs. 35% of non-gambling
aavelers.l'lie level of cducadon is higher for :ill cravelers than
in �hc I larrah's survey bue considcrzbly lower Cor g.rmbling
travelcn, wirh 3i% po:susing cnllcgc cducadons againsc 48°Po
'H,�. n.5u
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Both of these smdirs are concemed primarily with [he
tourisc gamblcr, who has the Icisurc and whercwichal to
travel, rat6er chan with the local or "tonvcnicncc' �mblcr.
A smdy oF n�o sra�cs indicam� that thc composicion nf
gamblers can be quire diEFerent chan is suggesced by nacional
studies. In �7isconsin, fully 50% of gamblers were over age
CQ and only I S°.�n wcrc collcgc gradusca. Whitrcollar
workers and professionals conscicuced only 23.5% of [he
samplc, wich an cqual proporrion ofblurcollarwockets,
while re[irees and die unemployed comprised �he �najor
scgmcnL (37.R°/n), Mcdian houschold income vras only
bccwccn R20,000 and 529,000. The sampling in Iltinoit was
some�'hat closu to chc nacional profilc, wich 3R.4�/o wllcgc
graduares and hh.5°/u whice-collaz worke�s. Median income of
Illinois gamolers was benvecn 540.000 and $49.000.�
T11e comrut beuvecn �X�isconsin and lllinois an bc
aaribured ro ehe Facr rhac [he Wiswnsin casinos 2re in ruml
arcas whrreas the Illinois �sinos ace in mburban azeas.
As indicared cadier, many Nawe Americrn caaino+ara in
relatively runoce rutal arcac. ThcrcFort, it may be reasonably
a�sumcd ehac gambkrs in che Naciva M�erican cuino xaces
will gc�c�a;!y Pos>us z pcaEle ;hac is mere :,, line wicn :hc
Wisconun s�aciscic,; buc, in �hc rivcrbosc stsws, the proFile of
chc rypical gambler will depend on the economiec oFcha
loatliry. In both wsc�, howcvcr, thc profilc will also be
subscancially influenced by dte ptoportion of local gambltrs
relarive to ihose who mmc from ochcr para oF thc srare and
country. This, in mm, will dcpcnd on such faccors as how
much of a clraw rhe faulity h:u' and tlie �roximiry m othcr
competing (acilities and populacion ccnkrs—chae is, che ume
factucs affcccing rcr�il salcs.
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A portraic of gambfuig pacmas—cheic demographic
charaaeris[ia and liome location—is very significanc becausr
ic decamines che economic impac[ of the gambling faciliry.
No� only dou ii have a nce posicive or negacive economic
impacr on che loealiry, buc socixl consequences az weJl.
Wnerher gam6lcrs are affluenc upper-middle-dass people
amusin$ clumscl�es wis6 �6eic plcnsiful d�spoca6lc income o��
clderty reciroes hcing forced inco poverry is also a major issue
in assessing rhe <ocia) and economic impucc of gambling.
THE WJNS AND LDSSES IN GAMBLING
Thc Wins
There is no shocrage oFscacis�iu on �he cconomic impaa
uf gantbling activi[ies in arcas whcre gambfing has been
legalized and bc�un in thc lasc 6ve years. Many of chc
numbers puhlicized by rhe gaming companios arc impcessive.
According ro indus[ry sources, "tha cazi�� industry has, in an
incredibly brie( time, esnblishcd iuc)f as one of che major
pillars oF ehe American cconomy." To bols�er iuc daims, thc
gaming indusrry e;ccs chac ic ciurenQy em�>loys 365,000
�tuplc narionally in iu �sinoa,� Thc indusuy also publicizes
chc bcnefics of gamUling thar have dnmaiicatly curncd
around numetous lucalitia:
• four yeazs ago,'Punica Counry, MS, wu rhe poorcsc wunry
in cfie mos[ povury-scricken srate in the llnieed Sraeec
Populauon had dedined cherc by evro-thitds, unce tl�e
1950s. Thcn, in 1992, a gambling bargc callcd °Splash"
docked therc.'loday, 10 casinos are open 24 hours a day,
Jrawing 1.2 million visicors a month. Whue there werc
uncil rccendy only 17 rooms in a mndown mocd, chea
�vi1l soon bc G,000 hotd �ooms in Tunica, intluding the
Grand Casino, wAich o�ened in June of 199G. 7'here are
now more jobt in chc counry thaa cuideix¢, and wc!{ate
and unemploymenc havc bocn cut in halF. ln �he srate of
Mississippi as a whole, ehe economy has g�own ac an
annual ra�e of 3.2% since gambling waz incroduccd,
concraacal wich 2.4% narionally, and jobs am growing at
2.5°/u annually agniiu[ 1.2°!o nationally. Cons[ruuion jobs
arc up 10°/u ovu 1995 :ilone; howevcr, rhis is a one-[ime
gain in construcuon a
• In Kansas Cig�, MO, four civcrboac casinos have oyened
since 1994. Gross incvme is expeaed ro surpass 3500
miilion fro�u 22 million visirors—morc chan chc
contl�incd draw of a!! spons cvcnts, touris[ at[ractions and
Six Flags chmughou� mid-Ameriu. Ovcrall sales caz
° C , emnl , •••���I.ScFw��L.�1vgG p 112
° Nri��)b�k7lrnn.O. aL��4.�yY6.y II
rcvcrme increated 1Q% in che ficst ycac as well as mwic
and other area retrca�ional salcs, whi(e locmry cickcc sales,
$256 million in 1993, rote [o $435 million in 1996. A
re;,ceac'sonat proj�cc, chc fi[sc in ics history, is now planned
for chc Kansas City wacerlrone, induding a riverCroec
pazk and walkvray, wich fun�re plans for an amphirhearec.
aquaimm and culcural aaracrions. Throughout Miswuri,
riverboae cazinos employ 27300 pwple and concrihncc
almosc $200 million ui lxal and scacc raxcs,
Since casinos havE bcgun on Native Mierican rcscrvxcions,
imcmploymrnc and poverry havc dcclined, and state and
Federzl wdfare paymenu have dra,cically diminished.
Since ] 991, over 120,OOU jobs have bcan creaced in Native
.4mericzn cacinos ancl or many reservauons, and
unemploymen[ has virtuaiiy d'aappeared. "I'ku pmcceds
have gone inro inFrsseruccurc imgrovemenu and
disrributioiu to ccibt mcmhcrs. The cuinos pmvide che
only suacssfid reve�iurraising and jnb-crcarion device
thac I�tacivc Americans have ever had. 7'hc most
sPecca:uLidy suaassFul Nacive Miuican casino so far u
foxwoods in Lrdyard, CT, on rhe Pequot Resuvacion,
Openin�; �i� Jtnuary 1)93 with 260 sloc machines, by ,
Occol��r chac same year i� tiad 3 t,37( machines genecating
31.625 million per day. Foxwoods now cmploys 9,300
people and has ovcr 16 million visiiors aunually, including
a cecord 70,000 pins on a sing{e recen� day. 3c has
cxpandcd ro 2.5 million squarc fcc[, including two ho�cls,
12 rutaurants, 12,000 aquarc feec of rcr�il and a 3.800
se2r arena opcncd by Luuano Pavaroc�i, ,
The Losses
Despice che success scocies, legalized gambling possesses a
numbcr of problems. Careful artalysis is necessazy to
dccconine whecher che positive resuhs are worrh the losses.
Miong chc Factors ro considcr are.where ihe gambling
money is coming frotn and tivhere it is going. For cxemple,
whac propoction of chz �c,rnue i� fcom che local poPulation
and would have hecn spenc in che l�rel ccononsy for oshtr
goods and scrvices? How much rcvrnue has Ueen 6roughc
inco chc cconomy frotn outsidd Cssinos that cacer primarily
co ehc loca) populacion have been likened ro"black holes'
ehac suck mmfey our of che local econnmy. �� ln some areac,
local businesscs con�plain �hac chry a¢ "cannibalized" by
auinos siphoning off limimd availa6le spending.
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'� p��o. TnwiL G,�nintia Impssi M I�mme andloLi: n� p�enl Ruene
8v�k �E B+.nm. C.d�... ne•<loprirni. 1995, V U
� hdeo.�. 'l.unb:,�,good ih� 1..._",�.ed�.a, t:caa•: MnkoC�orteu,Canw
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E.•cn whcn a large portion of che revcnut comes from
nuctiidc che localicy ur communiry, c.rzain facrora musc be
considcrcJ. For cxamplc, how much soa inm the cuinos.
and how much is syread around ro oiher businecsc< in rhe
Inca;ityt In gambltng venues wiih nn[hinp� bui caslnos �o
oEfcr, visicocs wil! yusc spcnd a fcw honrs a�id cheir dollars ar
the cuinn and �o home. A stndy by the ]Ilinois Economic
aud Fiscal Conunissiun found thac, in che scace's rivcrboat
localcs—Ueyond i6e rivttboacs dumselves—there was litde
otr btncfit ro thc communitits.�'
In addiiion, chc in0ow of m�cnue from ouesiders musi Ue
hxlanccd againsc chc loss of ccvcnuc< {rom locals who gamble
clscwhcrc. As indicarcd in T.�blc 9, thc scatcs thac supply [hc
g.uublert are noi necessarily iht same ones �vhere gambling
rakcc place. l'hc nnly rcally safe be[ is ro he in a localiry �ha�
can draw from a largu non•gambling arca—I.as Ucb�as, nf
course, which draws Gan California, ihe ioy fezdet sute,
"1a61� 3
Snie Cuino Visits
Califoinia' ,; "��"�,�',' ''`:�'`''' 15,000,000";;�;�
IIS;nois 1 U,OOO,ODO
Lauisiana,, . � .��;k, , 10.000;00bt•;i���,
Ncw loik IO.00O,OQO
Pcnnrylvania.-� � � , :": ` 9,000 00''^ �,
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Wicconsin 8,000.000
i�Icvada� : �.�Y- ' 7�000,OOOf;�
... . , .'•r:..i. ',ti;,... .,�7'
Ncw Jcrs.y 7,000,000 �
Minnes�bta-:* . ..::i;:: ��,�'� 7, O O Ot��'a'� ` �'.;;:.
7cxas 7,p00,000
Sonnr: Hnnafit
hcing nc� ptime example. Wieh �he proliferacion of cuinos in
oea�by nreas and siaizs, paniculady in chc Mid���esc, chis
siivation is beco�ning murc and morc unlikcly. Par[ of thc
initia) sucass uF �omc ca+inos ��as thcir monopoly sraros:
'1'{�cy wcrc "thc Only gamc in �own" or even in ehe ares.
Afrcady, borde� k�ars have broken out benveen scates—foc
czamp)e, be[wecn Illinois and Indiana—and somc rivcrboaa
`,��': =�-c'�'j�; - . J,l�er �rD:.. cJi.^,Je;iiior-
Ochcr smdics re�cal �hac cuino gambling compeces for
dollars nor only wirh ochcr businGSa buc also with mote
esrablishecl fotms oF �ambling, parciculady innan[ game salu
or sra�e loaeries. Sr�ces mun evaluaa the addi�ional twcnuc
gaincd From du casinos agains[ duir loctay loucs, wLiJ� wi
hc ntt losses.' Lnali[ia aa lost fn otlier ways. Iargc and
dis�anc �ur.onal and multina[ional corporarions are
incmasingly caking ovcr ownashiu of che riverboat casinos.
Ac in many indusrrics, nc� corporsiions are Paying local caxcs
and salaries, bui there is ehe yossibiliry chac �hty mighc divere
much of chcir profiu for invucmea:c d:exhue.
Aldtouglt casinos tmploy largc numbats of people, which
coiild be a boon fo: locatities wich scrio»s uncmploymenc
pru6lemt, so�actimzz �he johe are f llcd 6y oucsi�lers, not �hc
locals.ln addirion, whilc chose jobs may be a scep uP from
ntimium wage, [hey may also be scvora! stcps down from
dcf^nx and oiLer jobs d�ey reptaced. This issue however, is
not parcicular ro just nc� yaming indusvy,
Anoeher major area uf wneern and yoerniial loss to '
jurisdiccions chat Icgali�c �ambling is social cox�, akhough
reuaali �hac aaalvice: ihis cosc is moscly anecdocd. Some
experrs who �vaech chic induxcry enmplain of �ersonal
bankrupmics c.vucd by gambling, incrcase in compulsive
gambling, increase in crime, inuease in corruption through
influtnce peddling and influx oforganized critne. The most
dcraiicd smdy oF nc� porcncia) cconomic and social cosc of
c;aiao gambling was conducred in 1994 by che Florida Officc
of Planniag & Budgcting m decetmine iE I:balized gam�ling
should bc sancrioncd d�crz. & eonduded cbac
• Scare gamblin� �evenue would nnge from $324•A4G9
million amivally;
• Lo[cery recenue would deaease by ,514-$86 miliion
annually;
•$alcs raz rc�cnuc would dctrcau by ar lcasc $85 million
annually;
• Crimc and och;r social coscs would bc ac lcut $2.16
billion annually.
Thercfore, gamliling-gencramd stace revenuc would bc only
8%-J3% of chc addcd mscs of casino gambling.�'�
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GATviBLTNG IN AMERICA—
PRESFNT, PAST ANA FUIVRE
Why Ras Gambling Exploded Now?
Thc suddcn �rolifcracion of gam6ling widiin che lut Cew
years can be aarlbured ro a number of facrors:
The populariry of srate lo[reries and �hcir incrcasing siu
and publiciry, as wcll as she f:+et thac much of che tcvrnut
gocs ro educacion and ocher public ben��s have chuiged
chc public's a¢icude ioward gamUling. Formerly atsoaa[ed
wich organized uime, gxmbling has acquircd � legicimace
image. Scudiu by a numbu of d:e gaming campani�s,
induding Harrali's, cabulare ever-inaeasing popular
acccprancc of gamblin�, wirh thosc agrceing thac gamUting
is accepwUlc for everyone now az 61% and an cqual
nwnber agreeing [ha� gimbling is '7iarmlas fun." 7'hc
1996 GTLCl� National Gaming $urvey shows chac 6S%
of �hc populacion ag[ces [hat gambling is acceptab(e.�s
Aui[udes hlve chan�ed for other rcasans, including che
cconomic stams of ihe middle class. Formerlp, gamhlin
wa< largcly an acriviry for die wealil�y or clie poor. For
ihe iich, ic was a chrilf; for che poor, a hope of escape.
The middle clazs, on ihe ocher hand, dcpended on hard
work for financial security. In a 1960s survcy, almost
60% oE mi<idlc-dass people said tihey beli�ved chac
hard work paid off,• buc by thc 1980s only one in chree
middle-clau people surveyed hdd �hac bdief. Since many
bdievt now chat middle class employmrnc securiry ia
6emn2ing a�hing of che �asc yid beyond onci convol,
games of d�ance, or gambling, no longer seem so alien.��
Cuibacks of Federal Funding pushtd many scaces and
municipalitics to chc wa11 in thc 7980s. Afrec trying
economic development saaiegies wid� �arious Icvds of
success, ihey curncd [o gamUling as a la+c rctorr, Thc
rontinutd pressure from thc ha[ive American naiions
was also bascd on �heir inubiliry m find ar,y othcr roeans
of escaping yovcrry
Economic shif�s, such a< major curbad:s in me defense
induscry and problems in chc agriculeure induscry in
rcccnt years, madc new growih indus�rics dcsirablc. The
Mnhc�an $un Casino in Connecticuc was formerly a
defuue pares fac�ory. And as agriculture fahered in Iowa,
Cor example, che locals decidcd co "beac our plowshaees
inro en[enainmcnt centers,""
• De�nographic dianges are occurting, parciculady dte
aging of Lhc baby-boomer generation, �vhich is now
enecrino i�s SOs in everinereasing numbers. As noced
abovc, [his is ptime gambling agc, wirhour che burden of
'sllanxFt. ep m. y U
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"Ibid
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children and winc �he discrecionary incomc and freedom
to cra�rl, sprnd and losc.
WHERE XS GAMBLING GOING?
Gambling has exploded auoss the wuntry In a very few
ycars. Buc chis is noc che Frsc cime gambling has swepe rhe
councry. Brielly reviewing ck�e hiscorical peaspeccive nuy
providc somc clucs as co gsmbling's fucurc,
Legal gambling has ocwrred in thc Unired Statu ia
cycles. In ihe colonial pe:iod> boch govarnmene-approvtd
end privace lorteries were common and encouraged. Tliis
ended wi�h the influence of Jacksonian moraliry and az�hc
rtsuSc of scandals in nc� mid-19ch ccnrury. l.ot[cries �vcrc
ceintfoduced in the Reconstnution Erx to eaise money for
�he Sou�hem states ro cebuitd chcir economies, which were
devascaced by ihe Civil War. The grea[ Louisiana louery
sca»dal of che 1 S90a I�d m ch� pa+�agc of �crong Pcderal
an�i•loacry laws and a complece prohibicion ofscate loneries,
which lasced 70 years. Casino gambling and racecrack
wagering wtrc also widespread i�i the post-Civi1 Wax Wesc.
Victorian ma�alicy geadually reined in chese prac[ices, dnd by
1910 the llniccA Sra�cs was virtualfy frct of lcgalized
gambling. The d�ird wave began due co �he Greac Depmssion,
wi�h �he ro-lrgalizing ofgambling in Ncvada in 1931 and
the introduction oF tacecrack be¢ing in 21 scaces during ihe
1930s. Lottcrics wcrc hroughc back starting wi[h T3c�v
Hampshire in 1964, and 30 years lacec every scace excepc
Hawaii aiid Uiah had somo form of Icgalized gambling.
Alrcady, as in rhe pase, chere are signs cha� che wheel is
turning away froiv gacnbling.�a
GAMBLING IS STEMMED
� The rapid sptead of gambling geographically in die eady
1990s 8nded in 1994. Since chen, �hrough refercndums.
wurt decisions or legislation, gamUling 6as lose in over
20 uaics, indudii�g Colorado, Florida, Ol:lahoma.
Rhode Island, \l/poming, Arkansu and New Mexico in
1994; Alabama, Pcnnsylvania, Tcxas, Vrginia and West
Vi�ginia in ]995; Florida, CaliEornia and Norch Dakota
in early 1996. In chc Noveinbcr 1996 eltc�io�s, "no"
votes wue regiscered in Nebraska, Ohio, Colorado and
Askansas. Voters endoised only limiced initiatives for
casinos in Dc[roi[ and m eupand Narivelunerican
tacinos in Arizona.
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• lf, on �6e odiac liand, gambling shouid sprcad, shis
may crcatc othcr problcros for chc induscry. As nottd,
[he cwo Iargcsc fceder scua, California and New Yor1c�
do noc have casino gambling. Should chcse sraces
reve�se [his cuaent policy, onc�r snccs alrcady wich
gambling map be adverssly aEfecced. Fuahec spcead of
gambling would also spell rroublc kr some of [hese
ncwly wcll-off communicies. For example, legalizxtion
in Tcnnessee would cuc inm Tunicas revenues, and
legalization in Tezu w•ould have an efFcc� on Musissippis
Gulf opcacions.
• Nready, comperition is a growing problcm, lcading m
nc� bankrupccy oFsome nf ehe casinos, genually tl�e
smaller oporacions. Fven the larget firms hava noc been
immune. One major srock dzopped halFiu value from
June to Sepcember. SimiL�r loues have occurred ehis year
w�rh othcr gambling srocks. In Adanric Ciry, a market
share war wich apuisive piveaways and pcomotions is
damaging some of che casinos' bocrom lines.��
• As a resul[ oC a Su�reme Couri decicion in the Spcing of
1996, the Feder�l government may no[ inrerfere in [he
ncgo�iacions bcnoccn thc statrs and thcir rupcctivc Native
Amecican «i6es alwuc gam6ling.'fhis suengchms che
states' position to the devimen[ of A'ative Amuican tribes,
which no lon�,er have Fedenl recourse in their lawsuiu.
• Cnngressional hcarings on gambling will soon begin. In
che Fall of 199G, Presidenc Cliuton signed a vill [o se� up a
Natiosud Gambling Impacc and Policy Commission, a
uine-member pano) co ptt�bc rceen� dcvclopmrnts and
Itelp ia Fomwlacc [he fu[ure govcmmcnc scancc and
poliry row�ard legalized gambling.
• At ihe scace and locxl leveSs, gambling is no longcr quitc
such a significanc econon2ic facror as ic waz in che 198Qs.
A6cr fivc ycars of cronomic �pansion, many gwemmena
arc in much btctcr shapc. In addi[ion, they have had an
oppotwnity to evaluatt the posicives and noga[ivcs oE
gambling eiiher in their own scams or elsewherc.
• Rivecboacs were noc eorally embraced by ehc staca in
which they operare. In some scaces, chey were permicecd
nnly through obscure legislauon and umead notices in
newspapers. C�nly in Missouri was thcrc a scatcwide
reCereudum d�ae acmally approved high-srakes riverboar
casinos by a landslide voce. The boais luve licenses kr
Gmlrcd periods, and are chus wlnerable eo dianges in
pop�dar opinion or policical wil! when chose licenses
expire. A lesser, buc scill significanr [hreac would be [he
sraccs' prerogacive eo increue cheir tax race:, as was
roccndy proposed in I1linois. This could reduce
Pr�FieaUiliry pazc che pninc of concinuing to opecace.
• The )ndian Compaccs, similarly, were negociaced for
limiced periods of rime and ace vuhivablz to yopular
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The gambling induscry u alrezdy ruponding ro somc of
chesc chalJengu. it has recogniud that gambling wi11
probab{y noc bc spreading ciuoughout the Uniced Sracrs
much furchet chan its currrnc }urisdiccions in the ntar fuwre.
Ic is also developing scraccgics io respond co the incrcasing
compeeicion resulring from iu geographical limiwcions and
rhe sarurarinn of rhe. ma�ka.
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PROM GAMBLING TO C•AMING TO TOTAL
ENTERTAINMENT
Thc kcy word in [hc gambling busincss codxy (hcside
"gaming") is "en[ertainmene" Accotding to one oI i[s tra�c
pu6licacions, ehe gaming ind�sccy should present icself as
"yusc anochor cntcrcainmonc busincss."� scrvcs both
ro bolster che respeccabiliry of the image as well as co poinc
co the new stracegy for leadiiig the indusny �6rough irs
currrn� limica�ions and inm increasing proRtabiliry.
?he Captivated Audience
One way ro increase revenues is co keep �he gambler
chert longec. Sn Adan�ic City, dic avtrage sny i+ oniy four
eo six hours.'1'he gambler comas co che casino, gamblos
and goes homc. Aut, accocding co a Salomon Brochees
scudy, che 20% wl�o seay ovetnighe atcowie for 3G% of
revenues. The casino yield from those wliu stay over is
3[0 3S timcs highcr than for drivc visitors.'
Anochcr way is co give him or her more ways to spend. A
snady by die U.S. Travcl Dara Cenctr indicaccd chaz gamUting
tra�elen spenc significsncly more on �hcir crips ehan non-
gambling cr�vcicra, $652 vs. $404, and thac the mosc
popular ac!iviry for gambling aavelcss aEccr gambling vms
shopping. Moreover, chc highcr cht Icvcf of spcnding, thc
more gambling cravelcrs gravicaccd eoward shopping. The
Porum Shops a� Cacsars Palace in Las Yegxs is jusr one of �6c
shoppin� ocienred success seories.
Las Vegas has aircady bcgun ro cespond to nc�se realitics
wi�fi chc dcvclopmcnc of spectacular �outist a¢ractions.
The ciry has bzen markecing iuelf foc some c'sme as morc
than a gamb(ing mecca. Ie ie « ansforming iuelf inco a
fam ily vac aeia t de The aYeragt sray in Las Vegzs i�
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77 hours, just over �hree days. The gambler, o� [ourist, now
has ample cime [o gambfa relax, be enienained and
shop...and sursender hu or her monry at ea:h srop along the
«ay. Alrcady, revemms from lodg'mg, food, enccrainmenc and
rctail salcs ncarly macch those of gamblii�g ar chc Mingt and
ocher major casino complexes.Zj In che eheme encerninmenc
cenrers rhar rhe casinos are becmning, such as che Mirage,
Luxoc and Trasure kland, dee pacmn is ccansporced ro a
differen� wodd and �o do things and buy [hings hc or sht
wouldnido ac homc oron a regular business ttip.
Among che mixed-use gambling-encercainmene-rtcail-
hoccl complezes eising in Las vega+ ioday is "Ssac 1tek: che
F,xperizncz," which was sc�hedulcd ro havc o�,cned ar �hc
Hilco�� iu Deam6er 1996. This "uniquc intcrae�ivc
eneercainmcnc gambling am�accioii' will include a
simulated ride, imeractive vidro and vircual rcalicy
statio�u, themed dining aptriencc and a 22,00�-square-
fooi themed casinn.
mall---as wcll as hotc�, theate�s, "aliema�ivo realiry"
encenainmenc and rhemed recail space.
Onc�r Ucgas projeccs in i6e planning scage, su�ucing �hc
dircccion in whi:h che gaming indwcry is moving, arc thc
Con[inemal Howt & Casino's "Aack to tl�e'S0's'
emercainmrnc mail cencer, induding diemed reseaurane,
enccrrainmenc and memorabilia reiailing. "Scarship Orion,°
an even more exiravaganc projca, would consisc nf seven
sepuarely owned casinus, cach wich iu own cheme and
idzmity tmder vnc rooF—similar ro anchocs of a sliopping
Aclancic City is making a conccrred effort [o jump on the
gambler "ira�i' bandvragon. The cazinos were designed sr. chac
bcach and boardwalk were largely ignored �y thc visirors From
the metroyo�itan area who camc for day «ips and s[ayed
inside Zhe casinos. Now, thc ciry is being redesigned co give the
visiac a reason co tcay. The I,as Vegas comya�iies ur:eady m
invar, co do for Arlancic Ciry w6ac �hey are already doing in las
Vegac, norably Mirage and Circu, Circus ae well u ITI' Planet
Hoilywood and MCM Gfand.
In 7unica, for example, Horseshoe Cacino has announced
"Blucsville: a muuum and enceuainmenc compla io
wmplcmcnc irs tasino and hocel, avd hopes ro acinec naiio�ral
and wen intetnational traffic. And, in Indiana, ertn btfore ia
river6oac casino lice�ue has been iuued. IIl,u Chip is planning
a hnecl, encercainmenc complex and res4wrant developmen[.
Tl�e gambling industry is consolidacing inco ytuc a fcw
major playea. Already, ITT hu acquired Caesars World. Sun
Inccmazional has acquireA Gri�n Gamhting and Hilcon has
acquired Bally Encercainmenc. Some exper[s predic[ that
wicl�in a EEw yean, coday�s 50 or 60 gambling companies may
become 5 oc 6.'Phey vii(l dominaee die markec nnd have clie
finaneial douc �o makc �hc major invc>nnen�s requircd by
�hese speccade centers. They ere, in che parlay of shopping
cenrer nomendamre, betoming Caeegory Killers.
The gambling companies are also calcing u�othe� scracegy
From recailing. According [o a recen� Wu!lStreetfournal
anide, chey aro crying m find, or dcvclop, brand names tha�
will have recogniciun by various scsmenes of �he markec.
Mirage, For cxamplc, will cvcnrually havc a mutciple-brand
concepc in place. ollecing coonu ia di4Fertnc price ranges at fivc
propereies io auraa every segmrnc of chc poecnrial mad:ec.
Just as che gambling compviiu are mo.ing inco rhe cecail
are�, che large reiail develope�s are enploring che gambiing area
(u well as die enecccainmenc arca). cicher by seccing up chur
own gaming xubsidiarics or rhrough joine venmres wich gaming
companics. Porcst Ciry, for example, is joining with MGM
Grand in Adantit Ciry. ll e$azmlo Etrzcrtainmenc is workin�+
wich Hoilywood Cazino on dcvclopmrncs in California.Iust
how far �his syncrgy wil! go hxs yec to 6e decumined.
7he Virtual Casino
Ac presrnc only in irs infanry: gambling by compu[er may
change �he f�ce of the gambling induscry in the nexc five
yeaxs, }usc at the riverboac aad Nacive American ea.ainos did
in [he las[ five. According io an induscry source, "The'net
may be �hc largcsc and )acc gaming frontier in America,"ZS
Eveu chc ri�ecboac locales are capidly ma[uring. Plans axe in
che workc ro biuld eniereainm��c cr�,rers, hocels and celilii co
arrr��i ;i��d roulin chc gambler.
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Thz evolution kom tomputu game>—induding gamos oF
chantt, wliidi are already widtly a�a�lahlc and popular co
'�Wu!/. ���: /mnna( A�ne I0. 1996, p. �B.
°�c..-1'o�k 1 �mc., Octt�Ln ZJ. �996. �p. DI and D5. S« .il.o Cvino Jouma4
Svpremhee 1v16. pp 1840
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In�cmec gambling, is a mina xccp. Calls, induding one from
chc Associazi�n of Acrornty Gcnerals, are already scar�ing for
governmenc con�rol of chis unregulaccd arca, cvcn befoie it
[ea11y raka oll: Se�cral companies, wich names like �aual
Vegu, Wo[td Widc lC'eb Casinos and You l�ec Internadonal,
have alrcady been formccl and 40 pratpccrive operaroa have
se� up Wcb sires.'1'hc majar drawbac}s ro siraighrahead
vpcnrions ae �hc momem are ccchnological, induding [he
syted of the g.unes snd on-line uansaccion secudry. This istuc
is �nc of many dcac will be scudicd hy the nation2l gamin�
commission, and he[s are open as to whac xhe face of
gambling will bc in rhe Unired Sretcs in thr. nexc ft�v ycars.
COYCLC1S10N
A� preseni. el�crc is a ladc of significant research and solid
daca on die sociai, cconomic and policieal impacu oF
�mbling and ��ming. We know rhu cwenty ycars ago, mily
two c[ates liad Icgal gantbting. Now, only cwn sares ban ii.
Jn all of ics forms, 3550 billion dollars a ycar is wagued
through Icgal gambling in Anierilil. In 1974, that figurc was
just $37 hillion.
In rcmgnicion oC thc nced [o becier undcrscand �he gaming
indus�ry, Congress hac passed, and Pruidcnt Clincon has
reandy signe3, leg;slarion [o creaa chc Nacional Gambliug
Impacr and Policy Commisuon. Thc wmmission's purposcs
are niany: Lo czplore t4ie rzluionship benveen gambting and
crimc; and co assess gamblEngi impacc on scace and toca!
cconomics, individuals and (amiliu. Ninc membets wil( bc
appoinred m chc commission—chree by i'raidrn� Clincon,
and tfiree ach by the leaderships oI chc House uid Senacc—
and I�ts cwo ycan co complcce iu mission.
Thc commission, rhrougl� its dac+gathering and research,
shnidd secve u a �aluable soura of informa�ion Por
communicics and local and uace governmcnis that may be
consiAering allnwing legal gaming or expanding whac is
already eherc, Ir should also help �o ascerrain d�e impacr
gaming has had on chosc communi�ia and govemmrna on a
socioeconomic levei.
� This accid� was wriaui by )onac6an G. Ecman,
who is a resexrch analysi. For more informarion. eomaa
Midtael Bakcr ac 1CSC. (212)-421-8161, Pxr. 335.
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Hours and Parking
For Businesses on the East Side of White Bear Avenue
Near the Proposed Bingo Hall
Name Hours
Ho Avenue
1560 White Bear Avenue Hillcrest Entertainment M-Sn 11-10
Center
1590 VJhite Beaz Avenue American Family M-F 9-5
Insurance
1590 White Bear Avenue Kokkler 7ewelers M-Th 9;30-5, F 9:30-7, St
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1b20 W6ite Bear Avenue
1622 White Bear Avenue
1628 White Bear Avenue
1630 White Bear Avenue
1632 White Bear Avenue
1640 White Bear Avenue
1654 White Bear Avenue
1656 White Bear Avenue
1666 White Bear Avenue
1668 White Bear Avenue
1670 White Bear Avenue
1676 White Bear Avenue
1680 White Bear Avenue
Ronald
Subway
The Big Doliar Store
Salvation Armv
Angelo's Pizza
Best Steak House
Big Wheel
7-Ilpm, Sun 1-3pm
M 48, T-St 11-8, Sn 11-7:30
M-F 9-7, St 9-5, Sn 11-4
MWF 9-6, TTh 9:30-7:30, St
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M-F 9-9. St 9-5. Sn 9-5
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M-F 9-4, St 9-6, Sn 11-6
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M-F 9-9, St 9-5
M-F 9-8, St 9-5
M-Th 9-7, St 9-4
M-Th 4-11, F&St 4-12, Sn
12-11
M-F 10-8, St 10-5, Sn 12-5
M-St 11-9, Sn il-S
M-F 8:30.9, St 8:30.6, Sn 10-
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From: Tina Baribeau
To: STPAUL.apigate.Council
Date: 2/23/98 8:14am
Subject: #32 on Agenda Wednesday
Mr. Cyde Rogers called at 8:10 am today, 2/23/98, to voice his opposRion to the bingo hali application at Hillcrest
Center, 1610 White Bear Ave., #32 on Wednesday's agenda. Mr. Rogere wanted this message to go to all the
Councilmembers.
From_ Tina Baribeau
To: STPAUL.apigffie.Coundl
Date: 2/23/98 2:16pm
Subject: Another "no" to the bingo hall, item #32
Mr. Lloyd Lubinski, 2024 E. Idaho, 776-5012, plled at 2:20 p.m. today to voice his opposition to the bingo hail in
Hillcrest Center. Mr. Lubinski also believes there should be a grocery store in there — something in between
Cub/Rainbow 8 The convenience stores. I assured Mr. Lubinski this message would be sent to all the
Councilmembers.
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FROM : PHONE N0. : Feb. 21 1996 11:12PM P2
February 20th, 1998
Council President Dan Bostrom
Cowncil Vice 1'resident Mike Harris
Councilmember Jer�y Blakey
Councilmember Chris Coleman
Councilmember Jay Benanav
Councilmember Jinn Reiter
Councilmember Kathy Lamtry
Dear Council Pzesident and Councilmembers:
T am writing to express my opposition to C�ty Council Agenda Items 32, 33, 34 and
35 on Wednesday's City Council agenda. These ageada items would authorize a
Bingo Hall in the Hillcrest Shopping Center on White Bear Avenue.
For many years now, residents in this area have worked long and hard to improve
White Beaz Avenue and the surrounding shopping district and neighborhood. The
proposal foc a"bingo hal!" as the anchor tenant of a ratail strip mall will hazm atl
of the work so many have done for yeazs. 'I'his type of "downscale" operation will
jeopardize the continued vitality of this key business strip that patential suburban
shoppers view just as they enter our city.
Despite the imherent objections t3�at many neighbors have to this ill-conceived
proposal, I realize that there must be sound reasons for rejecting license applications.
Therefore, I strongly urge you to consider the deIeterioas e$ects that this opezation
will have on parking in the affected area. 1'here is simply not enough available
parking spaces, either by the City Code or by common sense, to allow a bingo hall
at this location. The effect will be harm to the existing, viable retai� and sezvice
businesses and neighboring single family residences.
Please reject this proposal.
Sincerely,
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1471 BARGLAY STREET � SAINT PAUI, MN 55106-1405 sa�e
(612) 774-4971