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Casino Land Acquisition Deadline Extended

DETROIT-The city will have another year to acquire 60 acres along the Detroit River

By Robert Carr | Updated on December 03, 2000

DETROIT-The deadline for Detroit to acquire riverfront land for three permanent casinos has been extended by a year. The city previously had until Dec. 31, 2000 to buy the land from the owners and clear themoff, to prepare for the construction of the gaming houses onthe riverfront, but Detroit didn’t have enough time to buy and prepare the 60 acres of land, according toMayor Dennis Archer. The three permanent developments, represented by three opentemporary casinos in the city, are expected to cost more than $2 billion toconstruct on 100 acres along the river.

Archer was recently able to convince the Detroit City Council to give him anotheryear, until Dec. 31, 2001, to bring the land together.”It had become obvious that it would be physically impossible to close onthe remaining businesses and move them to another location,” says Archer’sspokesman Greg Bowens.The extension was approved by the council by a 6-3 vote. It’sfortunate, says Bowens, because the license that allows the temporarycasinos to stay open would have been voided if the deadline wasn’t met.

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