Authority offers land to developers to build new arena
PITTSBURGH (AP) City and county officials are endorsing an offer of land and development rights to any prospective slot machine parlor operator or other private investor willing to build a new arena in the city.
Related Slots News:
- Sports Authority Offers Land For New Arena
- Authority offers land if casino builds arena
- Donald Trump Prepares To Build Casino
- Chances For Vote On Gambling A Little Closer For Casino Supporters
- Mashpee Wampanoags Set To Close On Land Deal For Casino
- SEA To Borrow Money To Buy Land For New Arena
- Thursday January 08, 2009 - 11:08 EST
- Yahoo entices software developers with open strategy, rewired platform
- Settlement allows developers to build Sparks resort near library
- $36 million in casino rent
- Baltimore wants $36 million in slots casino rent
- Singapore’s Government to Fix Land Price for Casinos
Gambling history facts:
- Legal gambling activities include state lotteries; parimutuel betting on horses, greyhounds, and jai-alai; sports book-making; card games; keno; bingo; slot machines; progressive slot machines; video poker machines; video keno machines; video blackjack machines; and video roulette machines.
- Men and women tend to have different preferences in their gambling. Men are more likely to gamble in games such as blackjack and lotteries and women are more likely to engage in bingo and raffles.
- Dog racing (a race among greyhounds who chase after a mechanical rabbit) operates in 17 states. Jai-alai (a game similar to handball) is legal in just three: Connecticut, Florida, and Rhode Island.
- 1926: Las Vegas gets a regular air service. Western Air Express flies between Las Vegas and Salt Lake City. The airfield later becomes the site for the famous Sahara and Hilton hotels.
1931: Gambling is legalized in Nevada on March 19. Construction begins on the long awaited Hoover Dam.
RSS feed
