{"id":12801,"date":"2014-02-20T12:13:47","date_gmt":"2014-02-20T20:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/?p=12801"},"modified":"2014-02-21T15:54:10","modified_gmt":"2014-02-21T23:54:10","slug":"a-vote-for-leonminster-lopsided-race-at-suffolk-downs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/a-vote-for-leonminster-lopsided-race-at-suffolk-downs\/","title":{"rendered":"A vote for Leominster; Lopsided race at Suffolk Downs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Describing <strong>Leominster<\/strong> as &#8220;highly self-contained,&#8221; <strong>Innovation Group<\/strong> has recommended it for <strong>Massachusetts<\/strong>&#8216; lone slot license. While it may have been independently commissioned by the\u00a0<strong>North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce<\/strong>, the contents of the study will be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/mohegan005.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-12803\" alt=\"mohegan005\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/mohegan005-300x168.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/mohegan005-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/mohegan005-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/mohegan005.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>music to the ears of <strong>Cordish Gaming<\/strong>, prospective developer of the $215 million casino. Not only would cannibalization be minimized, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.milforddailynews.com\/article\/20140219\/NEWS\/140215782\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">tax receipts are projected<\/a> as being $93 million higher than <strong>Penn National Gaming<\/strong>&#8216;s project in <strong>Plainridge<\/strong> and $300 million greater than the <strong>Raynham Parx<\/strong> racino that <strong>Greenwood Racing<\/strong> is pursuing. The last number seems to &#8216;bake in&#8217; the assumption that a <strong>Mashpee Wampanoag<\/strong> casino will be approved in <strong>Taunton<\/strong>, next door to <strong>Raynham<\/strong>. &#8220;Given the locations of the proposed resort license applications, our research demonstrates that the Leominster facility represents a more effective distribution of the Category 2 license,&#8221; concluded Innovation Group CEO <strong>Steven Rittvo<\/strong>. We can probably expect comparable studies on behalf of Parx and Penn to fly over the transom soon.<\/p>\n<p>In the arms race for a casino (<em>above<\/em>) at <strong>Suffolk Downs<\/strong>, <a href=\"http:\/\/bostonherald.com\/news_opinion\/local_coverage\/2014\/02\/casino_flashes_cash\" target=\"_blank\">opponents are being decisively outspent<\/a> by <strong>Mohegan Sun<\/strong>, which has poured $417,000 into the campaign. The opposing coalition is <!--more-->an odd lot. <strong>Unite-Here<\/strong>, the dominant union in <strong>Atlantic City<\/strong>, is at the forefront, but a religious group is in the mix, as is convicted felon <strong>Charles Lightbody<\/strong>. Saints and sinners, you might say. They&#8217;ve only raised $11,500 to derail Mohegan Sun, which is coming on strong, spending $36 for every $1 that opponents can raise.<\/p>\n<p>Opponents of casinos in Massachusetts, period, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.masslive.com\/news\/boston\/index.ssf\/2014\/02\/governor_hopeful_jeff_mccormic.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">picked up an ally<\/a> in gubernatorial candidate<strong> Jeff McCormick<\/strong> (I). He says he&#8217;d achieve the same fiscal effect by reviewing and tightening up state spending.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Describing Leominster as &#8220;highly self-contained,&#8221; Innovation Group has recommended it for Massachusetts&#8216; lone slot license. While it may have been independently commissioned by the\u00a0North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce, the contents of the study will be music to the ears &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/a-vote-for-leonminster-lopsided-race-at-suffolk-downs\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[70,14,26,172,112,167,69],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12801"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12801"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12817,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12801\/revisions\/12817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}