Gaming Loyalty Programs - BBC: "Spain plans to build casino city"




anonplz
Apr 27, 09, 8:44 am
Kind of hard to see how they can be optimistic in an economy like this when big gaming players are headed for bankruptcy but hey, whatever:

The parliament in the Spanish region of Aragon is due to approve a law that would allow the biggest entertainment and leisure complex in Europe to go ahead.

The Gran Scala project proposes building casino-hotels, theme parks and a racecourse in countryside near the village of Ontinena.

The thirteenth century Church of Saint Mary sits on a hill in the centre of Ontinena, like a beacon for moral guidance.

Many Roman Catholics would associate casinos with deadly sins, so the response of Father Lorenzo, the 80-year-old, bespectacled priest, to plans to build a city of casinos and theme parks next to his village, is surprising.

"In general I think it's a good idea," he says.

"I suppose it could bring economic development. But moral development, that depends on the individual."...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8020523.stm

I guess they are aiming for a point equidistant from Madrid and Barcelona.


hejustlaughs
Apr 28, 09, 4:17 am
I think it makes sense, by the time the project is complete hopefully the economy is picking up steam.

It'd be worse to start building in good times and then have the casino open up in a recession.

anonplz
Apr 28, 09, 8:20 am
I think it makes sense, by the time the project is complete hopefully the economy is picking up steam.

It'd be worse to start building in good times and then have the casino open up in a recession.

Good point.




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