Chris Selley: Doug Ford is in casino-building mode. Hang on to your wallets |
Ford’s not just promising to facilitate tourism in Niagara Falls. That would be fine. Ideal, even. But no, he wants to be directly involved
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Doug Ford has a plan. Yes, another one. The Ontario premier wants Niagara Falls to be the “Vegas of the north.” And he doesn’t mean a wasteland of cheap-and-dirty hotel rooms, all-you-can-eat buffets that used to be a great bargain but aren’t anymore, increasingly house-friendly blackjack odds and redlining customer dissatisfaction across the board, which is pretty much the story of modern Las Vegas. No, Ford wants some old-school razzle-dazzle.
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Niagara Falls will be home to “All the big casinos in Las Vegas — we’re serious,” Premier P.T. Barnum vowed at a press conference in Niagara Falls on Monday, flanked by Mayor Jim Diodati. “It’s happening. Get on board. Come and put a proposal in. Come and tell us how you’re going to build a billion-dollar hotel with attractions, with cinemas inside, with live theatre. That’s what we’re looking for.”
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