Iras Lubert and Mark Dambly's goal - the "Penn State" Casino. Urgent Issue
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What's the big deal? When the BOT meets in Centre County, there is already a 'Whore House' in the region.
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It sounds like a terrible business venture. Who is going to a casino in the middle of Pa on a weeknight in the winter?
Judging by the new luxury apartments and cost of tuition, the new Penn State student will have plenty of mommy and daddy's money to blow. Soon only the rich will be able to attend.
This would have been unthinkable at one time. Ira is a power player though and he obviously identified "something" in Dambly that he likes.
The same question has been asked about PSU basketball.
Here is a photo of the BOT meet
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The same addicted types that flock to the Cherokee Casino in the middle of Minnesota farmland in the middle of the winter. Once they are inside... it's paradise with all the bells and whistles that they crave.
It may or may not work but there are a lot of casinos in the middle of nowhere. Rocky Gap in MD and Salamanca in NY leap to mind. Hollywood is 20 miles N of HBG in arguably the middle of nowhere. You have 99 right there and you have a decent sized community compared to Bradford, let's say, close to Salamanca. It would get Altoona business, State College, Bellefonte, Lewistown, Lock Haven. Hell, people drive from Erie and Pittsburgh to Salamanca and Rocky Gap all the time. I believe it would work, at least for awhile.
OGBOT are very transparent.....everyone can see they are hiding their culpability & malfeasance.8
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All of the Upstate NY casinos are in East Buhjeezis... Turning Stone, delLago, Vernon/Tioga/Batavia Downs... gotta think Nitwit was being facetious
It's just amazing that Ira Lubert has a lot of experience in professional hotel management and developing hospitality properties. He even has a degree in Hotel & Restaurant Management from PSU. Happy coincidence! What a mentoring opportunity.
http://www.gfhotels.com/team-en.html
Ira Lubert, Chairman Emeritus/Co-founder
Mr. Lubert co-founded GF Management with Kenneth Kochenour in 1988. In 1997, Mr. Lubert joined Dean Adler to create the Lubert-Adler Real Estate Opportunity Fund. Mr. Lubert holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Hotel & Restaurant Management from Pennsylvania State University.
^^^^^^^^^^^^ THIS!! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ is why I log in and browse.
One zoomed by me in a McLaren earlier today. Not kidding.
I'm not surprised. My good friend's daughter just graduated and she tells stories of all the luxury cars these kids drive.
Is "out-of-country" tuition even higher than "out-of-state"?
Perhaps we've overlooked PSU's secret source of revenue.
My understanding is that there are only two categories - in-state and out-of-state. I could be wrong though.Is "out-of-country" tuition even higher than "out-of-state"?
Perhaps we've overlooked PSU's secret source of revenue.
And there you have a natural customer base for the casino. Hope there is a friendly dean around to keep them enrolled.
I checked it the other day and that is the case unless PSU is burying charges somewhere and is willfully misleadiing.
They don’t need to be in power at Penn State to build a casino. It not like Penn State has any ability to approve or deny building it. There are a ton of places trying to get a casino.
Yes and if Patton shoots it down, there are any number of less affluent townships who would welcome it.
I was told that a PSU alum runs a rental business and is the source for at least some of those cars. Love that Ferrari logo.
The Ferrari Marque is from the horse that belonged to Francesco Barraca, a World War 1 Italian flyer. Barraca was killed in combat and Enzo Ferrari wanted to preserve his memory and therefore, used the image of his horse for his automobiles.I was told that a PSU alum runs a rental business and is the source for at least some of those cars. Love that Ferrari logo.
I think a casino is a great idea. Why are you against people who enjoy gambling having fun?
Hey, they give lottery tickets as prizes to students at football games. Seems like a logical next step. That's sarcasm if you couldn't tell.
I assume - if you are that obtuse - that you will continue to feel that way even after the "Penn State Casino" is constructed at the Penn State "Research" Park (now that Patton Township has said "nyet").
With all profits flowing to the Ira Lubert/Mark Dambly Gang (with maybe a little taste for Bob Capretto).
Nope. Nothing to see here. (not if you head is firmly planted in the sand - - - or up into your anus)
In the meantime, all of this Penn State Cheese keeps the Rats firmly in control of the University.
And we know that just yields HUUUGE benefits for us all.
It seems like you just hate anything that would be good for the area or university.
