Southcore
Active Member
None of those three casinos are located at prominent locations of the city. Vancouver - edge of downtown; Montreal - across from downtown; Hull - edge of downtown. So using those as examples aren't exactly fair.
Although people use examples of other big Canadian cities with casinos as comparison, and none (or very few?) of those are located "downtown".
Ok fair enough, but what about Paris and London? Aviation Club de France is situated on Champs Élysées. London has several casinos, including a Ceasars property right in Leicester Square (that'd be like TO having one at Yonge-Dundas Square).
I get the apprehension from those who don't want a casino (there are many valid concerns) but the 'no great cities have a casino in their core' argument has to stop, because it simply is not true.