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    Where did you read Donald Trump might be interested?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Glenn
    I don't think a casino is part of this plan at this point..
    Then it loses money if it indeed has a price of 1 Bil. The only projects like that in such limited space to suceed in te past have been Casinos according to a developer friend of mine who's had an eye on this for over a year.

    Quote Originally Posted by Glenn
    Doesn't mean they can't drop a few riverboats in once everything is built (maybe 6-8 years from now).

    Who knows what the climate/legislation will be at that time?

    A big part of the fight against/failure of the Gun Lake/Wayland casino plan was that Grand Rapids-based business owners didn't want that "entertainment dollar" leaving the city.

    It very well could be a "if you can't beat them, join them" scenario at some point, especially if they can keep the $ in GR, eating at their restaurants, buying tickets at their venues, etc
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    You and I have lived here long enough to know the reason is Jesus. That is a good arguement to make in a courtroom, but its a morals battle that they will NEVER relinquish on their home turf.

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    Herm, your friend is probably right, especially if he is a developer, I'm just a snoop.

    Yes, Jeebus has a lot to do with it, but $ does too, IMO.

    TK & Herm, check your PMs in a minute.
    Find a new slant.

  4. #14
    Quote Originally Posted by TK
    Where did you read Donald Trump might be interested?
    I heard he was the muscle behind the casino idea, this just broke to me last week.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hermy
    Quote Originally Posted by TK
    Where did you read Donald Trump might be interested?
    I heard he was the muscle behind the casino idea, this just broke to me last week.
    I don't see where it would fit, especially if there is all that other stuff planned. Seems Trump would scoff at a riverboat.

    Also, I heard that the owner of the titty bar that's getting built was supposed to be bought out, but the developers never showed up, thus nixing the whole mystery development idea.

    Any truth to that?

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    I get the feeling that Glenn's gonna fuck this up for Grand Rapids somehow.


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    The only thing that can stop this are the cities around GR. Hopefully the windmills in Holland prevent those Bible thumping, tulip farming cloggers from getting wind of this.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TK

    Also, I heard that the owner of the titty bar that's getting built was supposed to be bought out, but the developers never showed up, thus nixing the whole mystery development idea.

    Any truth to that?
    Everyone seems to think either:

    A) It's just a negotiating ploy for the club owner to get more $

    B) They can build this "entertainment complex/campus" around his club

    I haven't seen anyone say that they think that the strip club purchase falling through will stop this deal.

    Some people even think they really want the strip club to be part of this, because they were willing to help him relocate further down the street a bit at one point.

    The strip club owner is not going to derail a project of this size. If they want his land, they'll get it somehow, IMO.

    p.s good stuff Diddy, I loves me some good Dutch bashing
    Find a new slant.

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    Quote Originally Posted by the wrath of diddy
    The only thing that can stop this are the cities around GR. Hopefully the windmills in Holland prevent those Bible thumping, tulip farming cloggers from getting wind of this.
    That's probably a big reason as to why it's so secret. No way the city and state leaders are completely in the dark on this.

    What if they wanted to build a Nazi death camp?

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    The Bible thumpers would be totally behind that.

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