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13 January 2006
Casino On The Cards For
Mansfield
A
£100M Las Vegas-style casino complex could be built in
Mansfield as part of an ambitious multi-million pound scheme
to regenerate the town.
American-based Las Vegas
Sands Corp aims to take advantage of a relaxation in
gambling laws to build a massive entertainment centre
including a super
casino with
unlimited stakes and cash prizes on the training ground at
Mansfield
Town Football Club.
Project leaders say the
money-spinning development would also include a hotel,
restaurants and a number of bars and could bring up to 3,000
jobs to the area.
This week Mansfield MP
Alan Meale backed the economy-boosting scheme in principle,
but said the Mansfield public should be fully consulted
before a decision is made.
"The Government is
currently consulting with local authorities about whether
they want a site like this in their area and it will be
their decision in the end," he said. "We now need to ensure
that the community is fully consulted on the proposals
before a decision is made.
"On the face of it a
casino would bring a lot of jobs to the area and attract a
lot of people to the town. It would bring a big hotel which
Mansfield needs and will help to raise the town's profile
and turn it into one of the region's top tourist
attractions.
"This will help provide a
major lift to our economy and to established local
businesses. However, there is a lot to be discussed such as
the dangers that a casino in Mansfield will lead to an
increase in problems with gambling addictions.
"It is very much a
difficult balancing act between the benefits to jobs and
business and the drawbacks such as gambling problems. It is
crucial that a full consultation exercise now takes place as
part of the planning procedure."
His views were echoed by
Mansfield mayor Tony Egginton, who told Chad that a new
leisure complex would help attract thousands of tourists and
be welcome news for the local economy.
"When there is the
opportunity to create all these jobs and bring new
facilities to the area we have to be interested in the
proposals,but at the moment there are lots of things to
discuss and it is very much early days," he said.
"We have to ensure that if
this development came to Mansfield the right mix of
entertainment attractions such as restaurants and bowling
alleys are included and the balance between the dangers of
increased gambling and a boost for businesses is
correct."
Las Vegas Sands Corp,
which owns a string of casinos in Nevada and began
negotiations in March with Mansfield District Council and
Mansfield Town Football Club, hopes the development could be
up and running as early as 2010 if planning chiefs give the
scheme the green light.
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