Tysons Corner Casino -- Foregone Conclusion Now?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow. The anti-casino people are…interesting. Definitely giving Moms for Liberty. Ran out of books to ban?

Spoken like a true idiot who doesn't realize people across the political spectrum are against this casino. Best of luck to you.

[Anonymous]

I grew up in an area with that a casino was introduced when I was maybe middle or high school. I remember everyone saying it would be great for the economy. It was devastating. The first few years it was new and exciting. Then the crime, smaller businesses moved out, and the area got a bad reputation. It’s been a few years since I went back up that way and the area sucks. Whoever said the builders and developers would benefit the most is right. For whoever wants the casino, spend a few weeks or a week in a casino town and take notes. They won’t be good notes.

[Anonymous]

Yuck, casino areas are seedy nasty. Do folks really want crime, drunk drivers, prostitutes, drug addicts, gambling addicts, not just in the casino but all over the town - at gas stations, food establishments, tysons mall?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Research continues to show that casinos have no or negligible impacts on crime:

https://nij.ojp.gov/library/publications/does-presence-casinos-increase-crime-examination-casino-and-control

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0166046217300169

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140717114935.htm

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/343820663_Casino_Gambling_Impacts_on_Crime_and_Public_Safety_A_Review_of_30_Years_of_Research

Have you ever been to one? or is this the pro-casino lobbyist

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can anyone tell me which VA politicians are for this casino so I can be sure not to vote for them?

Ghazala Hashmi has taken $$ from Comstock and voted in favor of legislation advancing the Tysons casino.

Spanberger also took money from Comstock. She accepted a 500k donation from the Sports Betting Alliance and a 100k donation from the CEO of Comstock.

A powerful reason Spanberger is a NO vote. She wouldn't veto the bill.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is a terrible idea for northern Virginia. I cannot believe that they keep resurrecting this in such a short amount of time. Are the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors bought and paid for?

https://patch.com/virginia/mclean/tysons-casino-referendum-bill-filed-2025-va-general-assembly

It’s Senator Marsden, a Dem, who is pushing this. not the Board

The Board should have passed an ordinance to prohibit it. But they would rather fuss about how many trees are in parking lots, and which bushes should adorn all the new data centers they will allow

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yuck, casino areas are seedy nasty. Do folks really want crime, drunk drivers, prostitutes, drug addicts, gambling addicts, not just in the casino but all over the town - at gas stations, food establishments, tysons mall?

It’s also insane to be doing this when Vegas is struggling and online gambling is eating the gambling market.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yuck, casino areas are seedy nasty. Do folks really want crime, drunk drivers, prostitutes, drug addicts, gambling addicts, not just in the casino but all over the town - at gas stations, food establishments, tysons mall?

It’s also insane to be doing this when Vegas is struggling and online gambling is eating the gambling market.

Don't worry, they will have online sports gambling in the casino. Remember way back into last year, when Leonsis, tried to bring an "entertainment" complex to Potomac Yard? It was rejected as a bad fit for the area, but suddenly a casino is the right fit?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is a terrible idea for northern Virginia. I cannot believe that they keep resurrecting this in such a short amount of time. Are the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors bought and paid for?

https://patch.com/virginia/mclean/tysons-casino-referendum-bill-filed-2025-va-general-assembly

I can't wait! BLACKJACK IN TYSONS!!!!! WHOO-HOOOOO!!!!!

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Black Jack is fun

[Anonymous]

"I'm A Democrat And I Am Against The Casino"

Please Candidates, make this your tagline
You need no more of a platform than this

[Anonymous]

Has anyone called Spanberger’s people about this yet? What has been the response.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I grew up in an area with that a casino was introduced when I was maybe middle or high school. I remember everyone saying it would be great for the economy. It was devastating. The first few years it was new and exciting. Then the crime, smaller businesses moved out, and the area got a bad reputation. It’s been a few years since I went back up that way and the area sucks. Whoever said the builders and developers would benefit the most is right. For whoever wants the casino, spend a few weeks or a week in a casino town and take notes. They won’t be good notes.

This is why casinos are usually placed in economically disadvantaged areas in the first place, they are the only places desperate enough to need the money that casinos bring in.

It's bizarre they want to put one in Tysons rather than Woodbridge, Manassas, or Dale City.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I grew up in an area with that a casino was introduced when I was maybe middle or high school. I remember everyone saying it would be great for the economy. It was devastating. The first few years it was new and exciting. Then the crime, smaller businesses moved out, and the area got a bad reputation. It’s been a few years since I went back up that way and the area sucks. Whoever said the builders and developers would benefit the most is right. For whoever wants the casino, spend a few weeks or a week in a casino town and take notes. They won’t be good notes.

This is why casinos are usually placed in economically disadvantaged areas in the first place, they are the only places desperate enough to need the money that casinos bring in.

It's bizarre they want to put one in Tysons rather than Woodbridge, Manassas, or Dale City.

They already have one: The Rose Gaming Resort in Dumfries. Really turned around Prince William county, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Casinos have been net positives for most areas. What needs to be banned, and I will go to town on this, is sportsbook and phone gambling.

Hi Scott!

Surovell is awful. a divorce lawyer working for his daddies firm and living 2 doors down from daddy.

how can anyone vote for this idiot?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can anyone tell me which VA politicians are for this casino so I can be sure not to vote for them?

Ghazala Hashmi has taken $$ from Comstock and voted in favor of legislation advancing the Tysons casino.

Spanberger also took money from Comstock. She accepted a 500k donation from the Sports Betting Alliance and a 100k donation from the CEO of Comstock.

A powerful reason Spanberger is a NO vote. She wouldn't veto the bill.

That is worth knowing. I agree she would support it.