Even before the final selection was announced on Dec. 20,criticism of utilizing riverfront land for casinos erupted amongcity planners, and residents surrounding proposed sites raisedconcerns over traffic, the alteration of neighborhoods and casinos'potentially damaging effect on housing values. These, along withgeneral "not in my back yard" complaints join the strict "CasiNO!,"anti-gambling critics.
Foxwoods Casino Philadelphia, headed by the Connecticut-basedMashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, is a planned $560-millioncomplex on 16 acres on Columbus Boulevard and Reed Street. Furthernorth, on 22.6 acres at N. Delaware Avenue and Shackamoxon Street,a partnership that includes Chicago developer Neil Bluhm and DanKeating, a suburban developer, plans the $550-million SugarHouseCasino complex.
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