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[BSLChrisStoner]

Balt Sun: 4,000-seat concert venue unveiled as first building in Baltimore’s casino entertainment district

[DJ MC]

If they are serious about this, I wonder when there is going to be more talk about rerouting the Light Rail. I remember some discussion about it a while back, but it seems like it would make more sense now to take it west around the Middle Branch with a stop at the casino (doubling as a second stadium stop) before returning to the main line north at Hamburg Street and south at Westport.

[Nigel Tufnel]

Revenue at the casino is a third of its 2016 peak, the number of employees has decreased from 2,400 to 800, and construction on the music venue has been on hold since 2023 while the owners look for financing.

 

Caesars now has 100% ownership and is supposedly going to invest in the casino, and there's talk of making the walk from M&T to the casino more pedestrian-friendly, so there's still hope.

 

Horseshoe Casino: Is Baltimore’s big bet on gambling paying out? - The Baltimore Banner

[NewMarketSean]

Bad timing with the pandemic and inflation.

 

Negative news re: Baltimore crime has also caused people to stay away from the city.

 

I also remember hearing a story or two about people winning and then followed home from the casino and robbed. I think at least one person was murdered.

 

They also need to try to lure O's fans over there...M&T Bank Field gets 8-10 games a year. O's get 82.

 

I hope they can make it work.

[TwentyThirtyFive]

Im curious how the other MD casinos are doing.

[Pedro Cerrano]

I love to gamble but I ain’t going where the table limit is $25 and a Corona is $10

[BSLMikeLowe]

Sounds like they’re targeting the high-end clientele, and I’m not sure that’s the profile of gambler you're most likely to get in Baltimore.

[mweb08]

Sounds like they’re targeting the high-end clientele, and I’m not sure that’s the profile of gambler you're most likely to get in Baltimore.

 

I don't think that's really the case based on my experiences there and based on the fact that they don't have their own hotel and the one next to it is a Holiday Inn Express.

[mweb08]

Either way, this would probably be doing better if stadiums and/or casinos were as beneficial to development as some would like us to believe.