Hoffman: Let's take a gamble on casinos
One thing I certainly never expected to do on this blog is link to a column by Ken Hoffman of the Houston Chronicle. And yet, this city’s King of Inanity took a break from reviewing fast food specials (that’s a real weekly feature he does) today to comment on the proposed expansion of legalized gambling in Texas. It’s kind of funny, but more importantly, it says to his many readers in Houston, in plain speak, why it only makes sense to pass proposed gambling expansion and stop this nonsense of Texans giving away gazillions of dollars to neighboring states.
Let’s take a gamble on casinos
Since moving to Houston this summer, I have not met many people my age who frequent the racetrack. I have, however, met several who routinely drive two hours to Lake Charles, La., so they can play blackjack or slots on one of those “riverboats.” If people are going to waste their money on that stuff, it would be nice if they could at least do it here and indirectly help improve our schools or roads or something.
Let’s take a gamble on casinos
Since moving to Houston this summer, I have not met many people my age who frequent the racetrack. I have, however, met several who routinely drive two hours to Lake Charles, La., so they can play blackjack or slots on one of those “riverboats.” If people are going to waste their money on that stuff, it would be nice if they could at least do it here and indirectly help improve our schools or roads or something.
posted by Jimbo @ 1/11/2007 12:37:00 PM
1 Comments:
At 1/17/2007 9:12 AM,
Anonymous said…
Hey Jim... I think the whole racino thing is nuts. Most tracks are pining after something they'll never have. And in the meantime, they overlook all kinds of opportunities.
For example... how come no track has ever built a 7-11 type store... or even a liquor store on its grounds? Gas stations these days couldn't exist without the slushies and candies and cigarette sales. Couldn't racetracks improve their profit margins by catering to the hungry fan who wants to grab something on his way out?
Maybe I'm nuts...but if a track offered a small grocery store...perhaps fans would stop by more often.
At the very least, they could get one of those Redbox DVD-rental kiosks that have been popping up at McDonalds, etc.
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