What will happen to local businesses and jobs?
Most casinos attract 80% or more of their market from a 35-50 mile radius. Casinos absorb existing entertainment, restaurant and hotel business, and deplete dollars available to other retail businesses. That destroys other jobs in the trade area and eliminates their sales, employment and property tax contributions.[ii] [ii] Grinols, Earl L. Gambling in America, Costs and Benefits, p.p. 55-92.
Most casinos attract 80% or more of their market from a 35-50 mile radius. Casinos absorb existing entertainment, restaurant and hotel business, and deplete dollars available to other retail businesses. That destroys other jobs in the trade area and eliminates their sales, employment and property tax contributions.[ii] [ii] Grinols, Earl L. Gambling in America, Costs and Benefits, p.p. 55-92.
