A group called North County Development LLC, based in Wood River, has submitted plans for a $300 million casino, with an attached golf course, on 376 acres in unincorporated Spanish Lake.
The area is on Riverview Boulevard, just north of the Interstate 270 bridge in the Chain of Rocks area.
goat314 wrote:I would really like to see them create our own version of a Las Vegas styled strip on the Northern Riverfront, now that would be a tourist attraction. We could start converting some of those abandoned warehouse to clubs, bars, hotels etc.
goat314 wrote:I would really like to see them create our own version of a Las Vegas styled strip on the Northern Riverfront, now that would be a tourist attraction. We could start converting some of those abandoned warehouse to clubs, bars, hotels etc.
But that might be to visionary for St. Louis.
Shimmy wrote:goat314 wrote:I would really like to see them create our own version of a Las Vegas styled strip on the Northern Riverfront, now that would be a tourist attraction. We could start converting some of those abandoned warehouse to clubs, bars, hotels etc.
But that might be to visionary for St. Louis.
Just because someone would be opposed to that doesn't mean that they are backwards or unvisionary. I don't want St. Louis to become another Las Vagas or Atlantic City. Maybe this is just a pet-peeve of mine but I put this into the same category as people wanting to call the Metrolink "the M". It sounds like the geeky kid at school that tries to be cool so he can fit in with all the popular kids. St. Louis should not try to be something that it's not. Should we strive for a vibrant, urban city? Of course. But I don't think this has to be done by the expense of our identity.
goat314 wrote:Shimmy wrote:goat314 wrote:I would really like to see them create our own version of a Las Vegas styled strip on the Northern Riverfront, now that would be a tourist attraction. We could start converting some of those abandoned warehouse to clubs, bars, hotels etc.
But that might be to visionary for St. Louis.
Just because someone would be opposed to that doesn't mean that they are backwards or unvisionary. I don't want St. Louis to become another Las Vagas or Atlantic City. Maybe this is just a pet-peeve of mine but I put this into the same category as people wanting to call the Metrolink "the M". It sounds like the geeky kid at school that tries to be cool so he can fit in with all the popular kids. St. Louis should not try to be something that it's not. Should we strive for a vibrant, urban city? Of course. But I don't think this has to be done by the expense of our identity.
No offense Shimmy, but what is St. Louis's identity? Cowtown! I hate to break it to you, but St. Louis is many different things to many different people. Some may see St. Louis as a place to raise your kids, while others see a big ghetto, and other a nice place to visit (its all perception) etc. etc. I don't see how concentrating a large number of casinos in one area with clubs, bars, dining and trolleys running down the street eventually creating a huge Redlight district on the riverfront is breaking aways from St. Louis's "identity", I see it as a major tourist attraction and millions of dollars in tax revenue, but maybe I'm not a true Show-Me-Stater. One of the major problems St. Louis has is places like Gaslight Square don't exist anymore and too many things close up early in the city (how can you have nightlife, when everyone is sleep?), name a truly vibrant urban city without some kind of major party all night or gambling or get drunk district.
