02-16-2010, 11:34 AM
You can't compare NA gaming to investor/developer casinos. NA communities must locate the casinos under Indian Gaming on land they own and is recognized as tribal land. So in NA cases, the location is not first dictated by best development opportunity, but by land restrictions. If the land is located 200 miles from anything, that's where the casinos will be built. If development sprawl is now along the doorsteps of tribal land, the casino will be along that doorstep.
If Hawaii was to legalize gaming as a development opportunity, the west side would be the prime location for casinos. Unless Hawaii gives concessions to locate it in Puna, I don't see any developer/investor willing to pick the east side over the west side.
If Hawaii was to legalize gaming as a development opportunity, the west side would be the prime location for casinos. Unless Hawaii gives concessions to locate it in Puna, I don't see any developer/investor willing to pick the east side over the west side.