Rumor Has it...
 

...that a casino may possibly go in where the arcade is on the pier at the Weirs. This came from a pretty reliable source...

Anyone else hear this?

Dan

Casino?
 

Haven't heard anything, but it would be great to have s new activity at the Weirs, presumably, with a longer season (maybe April 30 -November 1?) . Can't imagine trying to heat that building.

Bad idea
 

Casinos will ruin populated areas like Laconia and the greater Winni area. We need to build them in the middle of nowhere like the ones in Connecticut. They sound great and the snake oil salesmen will tell you all about the benefits, but you need to look behind the curtain. Atlantic City, Reno, Springfield and dozens of other cities thought casinos were the answer to revitalize their socioeconomic problems and in the long run they ruin the areas.

We have a casino in Belmont. The area isn't ruined.
Just not enough business to cover the overhead in these areas.

I vote for bringing back the ballroom with rotating big bands.


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I seriously doubt a casino would go in the Weirs.... the Pier does not have the parking required per the Casino rules, neither does the Big House. I am also pretty sure all of the licenses in the State are spoken for. Not to mention the impact to the neighborhood!

Woodsy

Casino
 

From what I was told, the owner of the building the arcade is in has tripled the rent in an effort to get them out for a casino…Again all second hand info but reliable source.

For what it’s worth…

Dan

Area Casino
 

I heard from very reliable sources that Bruton Smith, the last previous owner of the NH Speedway was lobbying to have in place a very large casino across the street from the race track. He has the infrastructure in place to support the venue.

He was when they were going to license a limited number of operations for extended casino gaming.

Problem was that the supporters of those casinos wanted to pick specific winners, which violates the NH Constitution.

They could auction a limited number of licenses, but could not choose the sites.

But the purpose of buying the NHIS was to move the NASCAR races to venues with greater revenue. NASCAR stopped him from removing all the races.

At that time, Boomers were making NASCAR attendance surge... but not enough in NH to fill the even the limited number of seats for two events.

Not even sure the single event fills up at this point in time.