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A $250M casino-resort in Slidell is on the table, but will it happen? Plans Revealed
Posted on 2/1/21 at 9:12 pm
Posted on 2/1/21 at 9:12 pm
In before Germans, this article discusses the location
In before Germans, this article discusses the location
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Casino operator Peninsula Pacific Entertainment, known as P2E, said Monday it has started discussions with local officials on a proposal to build a $250 million casino and resort on a waterfront site near Slidell.
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The proposed development, which includes a 250-room hotel, would cover about 50 acres of a 100-acre plot of open land east of the Blind Tiger restaurant.
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P2E chief executive Brent Stevens said in an interview Monday that the site just off the Interstate 10 twin spans near Slidell is the best single casino development site he's ever seen.
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For one, St. Tammany Parish residents will have to vote to undo the 1996 referendum in which St. Tammany was among the Louisiana parishes to reject casinos and video poker. The Louisiana Legislature will need to pass a bill in the upcoming spring session to put such a measure on the ballot.
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It's been 25 years since parish voters rejected casinos and video poker and a little over a decade since former Parish President Kevin Davis ran into a buzzsaw of opposition — much of it faith-based — when he floated the idea of a gaming complex in the Slidell area.
But Cooper said he thinks public sentiment has changed when it comes to gaming. He points to the vote last November on sports betting, which passed with 67% of the vote in St. Tammany and carried every precinct.
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Also, he said, the casino would be on land — not a gambling boat.
In before Germans, this article discusses the location
This post was edited on 2/1/21 at 9:14 pm
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Posted on 2/1/21 at 9:12 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
You sure its not in Germany?
Posted on 2/1/21 at 9:13 pm to OweO
STFU
Posted on 2/1/21 at 9:14 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
I’m all for it.
Posted on 2/1/21 at 9:15 pm to tgrbaitn08
I imagine Orleans brass will do everything they can to torpedo this
Posted on 2/1/21 at 9:16 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
quote:trashy AF
Slidell
Posted on 2/1/21 at 9:19 pm to lsupride87
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I imagine Orleans brass will do everything they can to torpedo this
I think it would be a good way to attract crime that way and deter it from the city.
Posted on 2/1/21 at 9:19 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
Hurricane fixin to eat that place up
Posted on 2/1/21 at 9:21 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
If they’re right on the scale of this map, the Twin Spans bridge is longer than the Causeway!
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Posted on 2/1/21 at 9:23 pm to soccerfüt
Posted on 2/1/21 at 9:26 pm to soccerfüt
Pretty sure Sidney Torres has a house right across the way from that location on the point. Right to the Southwest of that red box
Posted on 2/1/21 at 9:31 pm to soccerfüt
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If they’re right on the scale of this map, the Twin Spans bridge is longer than the Causeway!
Yeah, they’re probably not right then
Posted on 2/1/21 at 9:58 pm to tgrbaitn08
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Pretty sure Sidney Torres has a house right across the way from that location on the point. Right to the Southwest of that red box
That was Bobby Torres’ house.
Posted on 2/1/21 at 10:06 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
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Peninsula Pacific Entertainment
Peninsula Pacific shuttered the DiamondJacks in Bossier City to use that gambling license for the Slidell project. Since there's only so many casinos licenses to go around, the property as it sits is basically useless. What a racket
Posted on 2/1/21 at 10:10 pm to soccerfüt
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If they’re right on the scale of this map, the Twin Spans bridge is longer than the Causeway!
And Slidell has gotten massive.
Posted on 2/1/21 at 10:10 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
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That was Bobby Torres’ house.
Gotcha.
Sidney’s brother?
Posted on 2/1/21 at 10:38 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
They tried this in 2009 in the same exact location and it failed.
ETA: nvm looks like that was already pointed out
ETA: nvm looks like that was already pointed out
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a little over a decade since former Parish President Kevin Davis ran into a buzzsaw of opposition — much of it faith-based — when he floated the idea of a gaming complex in the Slidell area.
This post was edited on 2/1/21 at 10:40 pm
Posted on 2/1/21 at 10:50 pm to Lsuhoohoo
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Peninsula Pacific shuttered the DiamondJacks in Bossier City to use that gambling license for the Slidell project. Since there's only so many casinos licenses to go around, the property as it sits is basically useless. What a racket
They shuttered that casino because it couldn't compete against the other casinos.
6 casinos in shreveport/bossier is too much....one leaving was inevitable.
Posted on 2/1/21 at 10:54 pm to tgrbaitn08
No
Posted on 2/1/21 at 11:17 pm to tgrbaitn08
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Sidney’s brother?
Sidney Jr (the old man who is an attorney still in Chalmette) and Bobby are brothers.
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