Editorial: Steve Wynn no savior for Pennsylvania casino

Tuesday, March 2, 2010  

"Las Vegas casino mogul Steve Wynn is being touted as the latest savior for the foundering Foxwoods casino. But Wynn's vision for the Foxwoods site is further confirmation that casino gambling in Philadelphia will be a down-market industry, preying mostly on the poor and elderly who can least afford it.

Wynn is scheduled to appear before the state Gaming Control Board tomorrow to outline his plans to build and operate Foxwoods. Gamblers expecting a casino remotely like the $1.6 billion Bellagio resort that Wynn built in Las Vegas will be sorely disappointed.

Wynn's plan calls for a low-budget casino more fitting to its lousy waterfront location in South Philadelphia, not far from a Wal-Mart.

Gone are the original plans for a hotel that could at least attract gamblers from out of town to help bolster the city's tourist trade. Instead, the latest Foxwoods incarnation will just be acres of slot machines and scores of table games aimed at the locals living paycheck to paycheck or on fixed incomes."

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