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Apr 22, 2015 at 08:30 AM
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PROVIDENCE — A new casino in Tiverton, along the Massachusetts border, might replace the Newport Grand slots parlor in Newport.
Twin River Management Group announced Tuesday they had secured the rights to acquire 45 acres of land off of Route 181. They say they would transfer Newport Grand’s existing gambling license to the new casino if their proposal is approved.
Twin River Management Group Chairman John Taylor says the hope is a new casino would make Rhode Island more competitive, as neighboring Massachusetts prepares to open no fewer than three gambling facilities in the coming years.
Taylor says the decision to relocate makes sense because of Newport Grand’s location and the city’s reticence to expand gambling. Twin River Management Group acquired Newport Grand in March.
The proposal needs the approval of voters in Tiverton.
Boston Globe
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R.I. gaming co. wants to build casino next to Fall River
This would be good for Brockton; why have 2 casinos basically next door to one another? In the news today, New Hampshire may attempt for 2 licenses!
Can someone verify this, I saw on another social media site...The Brockton Police Association is in favor of the Casino.
"Do the right thing, even when no one is looking"
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I find the Yes for Brockton Marketing Campaign very curious. Their strategy appears to put 100 little signs on the Fairgrounds and let the Brockton Hub argue about it on the site. Springfield had 30 community meetings, we had one.
Yes, the Brockton Patrolmens Association endorsed the Casino. It's on the YesToBrockton Website.
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m.enterprisenews.com/article/20150422/NEWS/150428566
The City Council is preparing to call for a special election on the proposed casino for a second time. Councilors voted unanimously last month to call for the May 12 binding referendum on the $650 million project at the Brockton Fairgrounds. After that, the city learned that it needed to include additional language to legally hold the election.
The redo will not affect the May 12 election date, according to Michael F. Connolly, an attorney with the Boston law firm Mintz Levin. Developer Mass Gaming & Entertainment is funding the city’s legal representation in the casino process, as well as paying for the election itself.
Ward 1 Councilor Timothy Cruise filed the second election order, but said the discrepancy does not appear to pose a problem. “It’s my understanding it’s pretty much a formality at this point,” Cruise said.
The issue comes down to the term “suitability.”
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission, as the body that can issue the license, must determine that applicants meet state standards. It does this through a comprehensive background and financial check.
Mass Gaming & Entertainment and George Carney, who owns the fairgrounds, were both deemed suitable by the commission in 2013 when they applied for other gaming licenses. The company sought gaming licenses in Millbury and Worcester, but abandoned both. Carney and his wife Laetitia Carney were deemed suitable when they tried unsuccessfully to bring slots to Raynham Park.
However, the commission is in the process of determining the applicants’ suitability again “due to the passage of time and proposed changes in ownership,” according to the council order.
By state law, Brockton cannot host the election until suitability is determined by the commission – unless the City Council takes a vote to hold the election notwithstanding that suitability is still pending.
The developer must also notify city voters that the applicants are still being vetted, most likely by way of mailings to voting households.
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Now let's look at the impact the 1,500 permanent jobs will have towards our city. As mentioned during the Metro South business meeting on Wednesday, April 22, 2015, about 75% of the 1,500 jobs would end up going to Brockton residents. This would equal 1,125 jobs earning as stated an average of $50,000 a year with benefits. If we take 25% of the $50,000 away for benefits ($12,500), this would leave $37,500 in annual salary for the 1,125 workers living in the City of Brockton.
Now let's take the $37,500 and multiply by the 1,125 workers and we come up with $42,187,500 in annual income for our city residents which currently does not exist. Can you think of any other development project that is going to generate $42,000,000+ annually in real earnings? What kind of impact would $42,000,000+ have on our city and its residents, businesses, and community? Just a thought. Just my opinion. Let's hear from you on what you believe would happen to our city if this added salary income began being earned by our residents.
Larry Curtis
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As Brockton prepares for a May 12 referendum on a proposed casino, leaders of neighboring towns are keeping a close eye on the discussions and preparing to assess what impact the gambling resort might have on their communities.
“If it passes the ballot, we will be talking with them about the impacts on Easton, and there will be impacts,” said David Colton, Easton town administrator, noting that his town has “been down this road before” when a slot machines parlor was unsuccessfully proposed in 2013 for Raynham Park.
“Certainly, it’s a bigger facility and closer to . . . our most populated areas of town and the busiest areas of town” than was the Raynham proposal, Colton said. “So there are going to be traffic impacts, and all the same kind of issues are going to be present.”
As with the Raynham proposal, Colton said Easton would seek to negotiate a “surrounding community” agreement with the Brockton developers in the event the referendum passes. Joe Baerlein, a spokesman for Mass Gaming & Entertainment, said the developer is focusing on “talking to the voters of Brockton and answering any questions they have.” He said after May 12, presuming the referendum passes, “the attention would shift to the other communities.”
‘There is no doubt a casino in that area is going to bring more traffic to Route 24 and . . . other areas of West Bridgewater. My guess is there will be other Social Issuespotentially that would affect West Bridgewater.’
Easton’s surrounding community agreement for Raynham Park called for the town to receive $362,500 in annual payments, to be increased annually by 2.5 percent after the fourth year. The developer also pledged to pay for traffic improvements, buy a police cruiser for the town, and make good faith efforts to employ Easton residents, and use Easton businesses.
Colton said the Brockton Fairgrounds, as a large, underutilized property, appears to be “appropriate from a siting point of view.” But he noted that traffic already gets congested in that stretch of Route 123 (Belmont Street), “so they are going to have to address that.” He said other potential impacts would also have to be considered.
David Gagne, West Bridgewater town administrator, said if Brockton voters approve the plan, his town would also “reach out to the developers” to negotiate a surrounding community agreement, something the town did with the Raynham proposal.
“There is no doubt a casino in that area is going to bring more traffic to Route 24 and potentially to other areas of West Bridgewater,” Gagne said, noting that traffic was the main concern the town had had with the smaller slots machine proposal. “My guess is there will be other social issues potentially that would affect West Bridgewater.”
In Avon, town administrator Francis T. Crimmins Jr. said officials have not taken up the casino issue but are monitoring the situation. “We watch with interest any time a town has something that impacts our community,” he said, observing though that “Brockton has been a good neighbor to the town of Avon.”
George Samia, town administrator in East Bridgewater, said his town has been preoccupied with its budget problems but will want to become involved in addressing casino impact if the proposal advances beyond the referendum.
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We will become a spot on the map of enticement for enjoyment. After a while crime will become a thing of the past because we will now have the means to employ more police. Win, win situation. If we trash this offer we have no one to blame but ourselves and will go further into the dungeon of slums vile.
I wouldn't pay a penny to surrounding towns. They will benefit enough off our hard earned plans.
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2/1/1938-5/4/2019
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I busted my arse to find listings of attractions for Brockton and found the following. . Is this pathetic?
I don’t respect AARP, but these are their listings:
AARP BROCKTON ATTRACTIONS
Restaurants
Dunkin Donuts. Subway, Cape Cod Café,
Parks
DW not even mentioned
Spending time with grandchildren
Social Services Division YMCA
Old Colony YMCA David Jon Louison Center
Asiaf Skating Arena
Brockton Planetarium
Nature Centers
Nothing
Hiking Trails
Nothing
Events
Massasoit Theatre Company
Arts & Entertainment
Again, nothing more than Massasoit Theatre Company
Movies
Nothing
Recreational Activities
DW Golf Course
White Pines Golf Course
Here are other various listings
TripAdvisor Brockton
www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g41480-Brock...setts-Vacations.html
Pathetically sad – nothing to offer
Free & Cheap Things to Do in Brockton, MA
www.tripbuzz.com/free-things-to-do/brockton-ma
Best things to see in Brockton MA Massachusetts
www.hotelplanner.com/Attractions/3270-Th...-Brockton-MA#dir-bar
Tourist Attractions in Brockton, MA
local.yahoo.com/MA/Brockton/Travel+Lodging/Tourist+Attractions
Amusement Places & Arcades in Brockton MA
www.yellowpages.com/brockton-ma/amusement-places-arcades
Do I need to go on? Each claim to be Brockton attractions and not one of them list anything in Brockton.
If we all sang the same note in the choir, We'd never have harmony
2/1/1938-5/4/2019
Rest in peace
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The website is listed below, or just google "MA Secretary Of State absentee ballot request",
www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/elepdf/absentee_ballot.pdf
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www.brockton.ma.us/docs/default-source/c...lection.pdf?sfvrsn=4
If we all sang the same note in the choir, We'd never have harmony
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Rest in peace
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That's a very good point Larry. You would think that those 1,125 new earners in the the City of Brockton and living in the city would spend some of that money in the city. I hope this won't drive the prices up at Dunkin Donuts?angelkits wrote: I was thinking this past week about the revenue that the casino will bring to the City of Brockton. We all have heard about the 1,400 construction jobs, the 1,500 permanent full time jobs, the $10,000,000 annual payment to the city, the food, beverage, hotel taxes along with water and sewer fees estimated at $1,500,000+ and the $8,000,000+ for road improvements around the fair grounds. For some this just does not seem to be enough.
Now let's look at the impact the 1,500 permanent jobs will have towards our city. As mentioned during the Metro South business meeting on Wednesday, April 22, 2015, about 75% of the 1,500 jobs would end up going to Brockton residents. This would equal 1,125 jobs earning as stated an average of $50,000 a year with benefits. If we take 25% of the $50,000 away for benefits ($12,500), this would leave $37,500 in annual salary for the 1,125 workers living in the City of Brockton.
Now let's take the $37,500 and multiply by the 1,125 workers and we come up with $42,187,500 in annual income for our city residents which currently does not exist. Can you think of any other development project that is going to generate $42,000,000+ annually in real earnings? What kind of impact would $42,000,000+ have on our city and its residents, businesses, and community? Just a thought. Just my opinion. Let's hear from you on what you believe would happen to our city if this added salary income began being earned by our residents.
Larry Curtis
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