I am very skeptical of a downtown casino because of macro-economic theory and local precedence.
Yes, it will create jobs, but I believe that those jobs will be funded by local money. It will essentially circulate money within the economy. Every time you circulate money within an economy, it loses value. This is one reason why the casino will hurt Buffalo. That is, unless you truly believe that it will bring in tourists, in which case those jobs would be funded by outside money.
What business has developed as a result of the Seneca-Niagara casino? Maybe that casino has had a revitalizing effect, but I haven’t seen any evidence to that end.
If I believed that a downtown casino would take in more tourist money than local money then I would support it. I do not believe that that will happen. If the casino goes up, I really hope I’m wrong.