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Mar 13, 04
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Plaza WILL be a Casino...
Some of you posted/mentioned about Plaza not being turned into a casino. In will in fact be turned into one... the issue on Tuesday was to do with slot machines going into the casino and the zoning around it.
Here is the official story from The Province: [b]Vancouver council OKs casino rezoning after all City hall reconsiders 4-4 vote of the day before, reversing itself on slots[b] Frank Luba The Province Friday, March 12, 2004 A new casino with 600 slot machines could still be up and running by August at Vancouver's Plaza of Nations. Vancouver City Council yesterday reconsidered and then approved a rezoning application that had failed Tuesday night on a tie vote. Councillors Anne Roberts and Peter Ladner voted in favour of reconsideration, giving two-thirds majority required to bring the issue back for a new vote on third reading of the rezoning bylaw. City officials said Tuesday's defeat of the bylaw had violated council's procedure because third reading of a bylaw is normally a formality to the legal wording of the bylaw. Casino proponents were pleased with the reversal of the third-reading rejection. "Staff said the oldest planner had been there 28 years and it's never happened in their time," said John Horgan of IdeaWorks Consultants. "I think it speaks well to the council, to be honest," he added. "They recognized they made an error and they reconsidered it as quickly as possible." The city is expected to collect an estimated $10 million to $12 million a year in revenue from the casino, a joint venture of the Royal Diamond and Grand casinos. Proponents hope to be operating as early as August. Roberts and Ladner both oppose the slots that are to be part of the casino and both had voted against the rezoning at third reading of the bylaw Tuesday. But with COPE Coun. Jim Green absent Tuesday, the 4-4 vote killed the rezoning -- contrary to 5-4 approval that had followed the public hearing on the topic in January. After voting to allow the bylaw to be reconsidered yesterday, Roberts then voted against the bylaw along with fellow COPE and slots opponents Fred Bass and Tim Louis. Ladner voted for the rezoning because he said it was the proper procedure. "It doesn't change my opposition to slot machines," Ladner said. "But there's a much bigger issue here, which is how the city deals with developers and people doing business with us. If we can't be trusted to stick with a decision then a whole lot of worse things happen than slot machines in the Plaza of Nations." Mayor Larry Campbell, a casino supporter, had been irate Tuesday but was much happier yesterday. "I don't think when the four councillors voted [Tuesday] that they recognized the ramifications of it," said Campbell. "I know I didn't. "It became clear it was way beyond whether you pass a bylaw or not. It affects everyone touched by a bylaw. Basically, you have no certainty." 
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Mar 13, 04
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I think now you understand why Plaza is done as of the end of April... They need to get started on construction ASAP as that only leaves them three months to do what they need to do.
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Mar 13, 04
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Casino = bars/alcohole
I dotn know why any raver 19+ would be upset with this new disision? Azim just needs to change his title to Casino God. We can still have dj's come in and play, Trance just might not suit the mian room anymore LOL
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Mar 13, 04
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Score. I can't wait to go! :trippin:
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Mar 13, 04
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e-tards on the slot machines..hmmmm
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Mar 13, 04
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its sad the parties at the plaza have to end... dont u think it would be awesome to have the casino and parties??? like have all the slot machines in the trance room with the lights and screnes and music all together... then we could party and gamble at the same time!!!! :kam: :284: :kam: heeh hee who else thinks that would be fun????? of even have a separate room for the gamblin like upin VIP... :c-tard:
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they did something like that at Pladium cept it was video games so it was legal for everyone. Gambling would mean strictly no peopel under 19 years of age. Unless the money you won was just chips that YOU COULD NOT TURN IN for money
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Mar 13, 04
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lol imagine instead of turnin in the chips for money u could turn them in for water, glow sticks , and what ever else u wanted...
but a 19 + event wouldnt be bad.. there would be no little 14 y/o people there all fucked on e like there is at almost every party now a days... lol imagine all these e-tards all high and winnin the jackpot...lol now that would ba a funny site...PLus.. if it were a19+ they would sel booze..lol that would be great
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Mar 13, 04
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I'm throwing a party at The Plaza opf Nations Casino sometime in July
Details coming soon! Slots, Sluts and Raving!
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Mar 13, 04
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playdium as a possible venue
itd be a great venue already made for good setups
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Mar 14, 04
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Holy shit bats
Wellbelove: Hey stupid. No music would be wanted in the plaza of nations while old folks are gambling their finances away. They'll want swing and jazz senile 650 shit. Bogza: A party at the playdium??.. Oh wait.. you're 16.. nevermind.
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