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I'm rather hopeful Blackpool will win personally ;)

It would definately kick the towns visitor numbers up a notch and create more UK visitors.

would prefer Grimsby, Scunthorpe or Lincoln...We just dont have any Casinos in the area

Unfortunately only the above eight are in contention now ~_~

Brent would suit me nicely thank you

Greenwich!!!!! 10 mins from me blinding.

me and about 6 of my mates got jobs as labourers at the millenium dome when we left school in 97, thats why it was no good, we ruined it.

this is a true story though.

my mate knew the foreman really well and hed let him drive jeeps around the site to pick people up.(he was only 16)

he convinced this other guy that didnt know him but had seen him driving the jeeps that he could drive this mini dumper thing ,i dont remember exactly what it was.

This was the day that some cabenit ministers and other "important people" were turning up .

this convoy is driving down one of the streets inspecting the surounding area and my mate is driving the wrong way down it right at em!(the roads wernt open to the public so you could usualy drive anyway you liked)

As hes clocked them hes stopped 50 yards ahead of them but in the process of doing so stalled the dumper.

the site managers and foreman are screaming at him all the workers (especially us) were laughing and jeering him.

All these guys in suits are out the cars and wandering aroung trying to find out whats going on.

My mate came up with the perfect solution though, the personification of calmness in this time of crisis.

he wrapped his green workmans jacket round his head and legged it!! I mean he flew across the site not beind able to see where his going properly.

all this in veiw if the cabenit ministers.

I have no idea how it was explained to them, boy it was funny to see.

I'm in Warwick (midlands) but I would still vote for Blackpool. Something like this just has to be there. It was suggested sometime ago that the whole front be turned into mini Vegas and I think that's an excellent idea.

It's all a waste of time though as we know its going to London. I don't know why they let all the bidders waste their time and money in this charade.

They did it with the Olympics, Millennium Dome, Wembley ..........

I didn't realise greenwich was up either!!! that would be amazing!! I'm only 2 miles away (where are you Bolt, I'm blackheath, any good home games i shld know about?!?!).

I'm in woolwich.

Blackheath is were i tell people i'm from when they ask me to elaborate on which part of s e london i'm from ;)

if by good you mean, constant arguing, tables flying all over the place, the most string bets you'll eer see in a single game :pop:  then yer theres a couple :D

what about in blackheath, all that money floating about, any games on the go.

there used to be a touney in the workingmens clup opposite blackheath rugby club on a thursday night i dont think they run it anymore.

i know where theres private games in downham, catford,sydnem, bexlyheath and plumstead if your interested though.

Yeah crazy putting wembley in London.....:D

Does this mean Brighton is no longer on the list?

Indeed, this is the shortlist that was released today.
Only those locations on the poll are now eligible to get the super casino.

bastards

how will it be decided who from this shortlist will be chosen?

lol yeah you know what I mean but still lol (sometimes I am a bit thick!)

The Casino Advisory Panel ( http://www.culture.gov.uk/cap/ ) makes a recommendation to the minister for Culture, Media and Sports who will most likely go with their choice... that said...
The current minister of said agency is one Richard Caborn.... MP for sheffield central........


Hmmmmmmmmm......
Anyone know where we can bet on this? ;)

To be fair though it is the best place to have all 3. Where else has the transportation links rivialing London?

Agreed, but why not make that part of the package and make the investment too?

The midlands had to be the right answer with the road network for a national stadium.

Shame about everything else ;goodvevil; ;scarymoment;

Where though? Pick a spot with a large international airport hub, shed loads of hotels and a decent public transport system.

i think the remotest place in britain should get the super casino as the casino will not offer good service to poker players so personally i dont want it anywhere near a casino that has a good card room

50% of the super casino floor space has to be offering NON gaming options as in resturant and entertainment meaning the 50% of the floor space they do have they will want to fill with cash cows so that they can get money off the diners and music goers, as they have already got 50% of the floor space attracting customers to the casino you think they will offer more space too a card room which we all know is a lose leader to get poker players in to play the magic rounderabout and the blackjack

keep the supercasino as far away from decent casinos as you can IMHO

Brighton didn't apply for the supercasino, but they have applied for a "large" casino. I heard someone form the council on Southern Counties Radio say that the plan is to be able to have a casino when the Brighton Centre is demolished and revamped. They haven't decided that this is what they will do, but want permission to be able to do it if this is the route they take. When asked about the Supercasino she made some comment about not wanting to be like Vegas or Blackpool. Made it sound like Brighton is too posh for that sort of thing.  :D

I had no opinion till I read this post. :goodpost:

It would kill places like CinCins if it were in Glasgow

 Td Th

Guess it was jus the Argus getting ahead of itself then!!

my bet would be on Sheffield, politically it ticks most of the boxes, Council backing, Central Location, Minister is a Sheffield MP, Jobs created in a deprieved area. I know Blackpool are pushing hard for it, & are probably favourite, but politically I think they'll lose out.

about a £3.50 taxi ride would be ideal!!!

let em build it in France. Who the hell wants a super casino?

Blackpool will get it

Hmmmm, I heard on the radio today that Dartford and Kent have been added to the shortlist too?  :blonde:

Kent, how big is the casino going to be!! lol

It really should be greenwich.

The venue is outstanding and is unparalled by any existing or prospective site.

the site, due to a multitude of transport options both existing, and the potential for,is accessable beyond the requirements of a major tourist attraction or sporting venue.

All the moneys in london so you get a consistantly higher class of clientel with a far higher earning potential than in one of the ............erm........less "extravegant" options

The sorounding area is a perfect platform on which to build a vegas type enviroment,inextricably condusive to a venture of this magnetude.

The millenium dome may not be a front runner to aquire the requisit permission for britains first super casino due to inexplicable independant political factors but it is by far the most credible option.

All ive seen in way of argument against this on this thread has consisted of nothing more than an indiffernet sense of domestic geographical pride.

I dunno! Thats just what they said on the radi-adi-adi-adi-o!

I think they mentioned Canterbury but I don't think it's big enough here for a small casino, let alone a huge one! Theres no space anywhere for anything!

I agree.

Are we to assume that you mean:

Unparalleled
Accessible
Consistently
Clientele
Extravagant
Surrounding
Environment,
Inextricably
Conducive
Magnitude
Millennium
Requisite
Acquire
Independent 
Indifferent

Thank goodness some of our schools have made the move north of London!

I know what i'll be assuming about you, can you spell words beggining with "w" as well??

If you ever find yourself in a hole, stop digging!

You are embarrassing yourself further with each post.

"Highstack" only when standing on a box, right?

What hole?

actually it would kill the riverboat and stanleys and other regualr casinos the need for cincins would grow due to there being a lack of an alternate but the super casino could try and get places like cinicins closed and therefore the gutshot ruling would be extremmely important

Jeez, London gets everything.

You'd think it's the capital or something.  :dontask:

We have been here before. Please don't berate Members for their spelling, or typing, that's the blonde Policy now, it amounts to flaming.

Some folks don't spell too good, or type too well, but we don't want these guys to be intimidated into not Posting. Inabilty to spell or type does not invalidate their view one iota. Or is it ibanitily to speel or tpye?

Dnot Mcok

Baheve fuslyh.

RED makes a darn good case against calling someone up for grammatical and spelling errors in this thread.....

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=6852.0

Stopped me doing it, on the most part. Although those who dish it out, are still fair game.



Where I was educated, compass directions were assigned capital letters.

Thank goodness some of our schools have made the move North of England.  :D

Obviously calling you up for that is ridiculous, whether its North or north doesn't make the post harder to read and it bears no real bearing on the actual debate of where the new casino should be built.

The same is also true of whether it's indiffernet or indifferent.

In this debate, boltpp put forward a very good case for London.

If I had to vote on the matter though, I'd still say Glasgow, for no better reason than I live there and think it would be cool.

 :goodpost:

My spelling goes to pots when I am typing simply because I am typing as I think half the time it will be ok on other occasions I will letters back tof rnt  not enough spaces or double spellings.

I understood perfectly what Bolt was saying and I reckon Highstacks post was a bit wide of the mark!!

Ohh aye and I voted Glasgow, err well because  Rangers are to be connected with it and IW ant to see it fail miserably.

I doubt it would harm Cin Cins but would damge more so Mercchant City Gala and the Boat.

Is that the new slang for collusion central? I never got the memo. >:(

I must respond to the criticism here.

I believe that I initially suggested what I believed to be a valid reason, that geographically, the midlands was the right place. I didn't even take offence at Tight Ends suggestion about there being nothing else here, because whether he was serious or not, it was obviously meant in banter.

I then read the initial post from Bolt. To me it read snide and elitist and I am naturally going to defend my own area as I am sure many of you would. The reason I picked upon it (and believe me my typing is far from perfect) was that there were so many mistakes (and I didn't start on grammar or punctuation) in a post where he was insinuating that the people outside London were basically nothing more than paupers.

For this I was then called a "W". Hardly fair and yet I am then criticised for my post but not a mention of that. Laughable!

As a moderator I am also disappointed with your input to this thread Tikay. I was not aware of this "flaming" issue and for that I apologise and will refrain from doing so in future. However, a pm would have been far more appropriate. Tight End has already done this earlier today so perhaps you as a moderator could have communicated with him before chastising my contribution.

I don't believe I did "chastise" you Highstack.

I said...

".....We have been here before. Please don't berate Members for their spelling, or typing, that's the blonde Policy now, it amounts to flaming....".

That's a simple, polite, request, no nore, no less, & some Members may need reminding of it, as it's been a couple of months since the issue was aired.

Anyway, we all now where we are with speeling - spelling? now.

As a general Rule, when we want to "chastise" someone - though we'd not use that word, that's your word - we do it by PM.

I was fully aware of the exchange between yourself & Tighty earlier today. I am aware of ALL exchanges between Mods & Members, including any or all that pertain to this thread.

Let's move on.

The decision for the New Casino is due on Tuesday I think? I really should have been able to gte some information, knowing a member of the panel that are deciding this, but I havent. Anyone got any clearer idea of where it is going?

Greenwich

yep..the dome will get it.

I really do think it should be in Cardiff. Apart from the obvious fact that it will be the closest for me to get to there are numerous other reasons

1-  We really do need it if we are to host events for the 2012 london olympics. The funding would be crucial.

2- The bay would be perfectly situated for it. A short hop from numerous hotels and amenities.

3- There is a huge amount of unemployment in the area and i believe the council stated that it would create around      1500 out of 5000 jobs that the whole sports village would create. Generating over 265 million a year in to the local community

4- Awarding it to Cardiff would also help the UK and Wales host the Ryder Cup at Newport in 2010

5- I have to be honest that although the APAT event will be there, the cardiff Grosvenor is not the best run casino. It will never, IMO, develop into a well run one and its time has come to step up or step out the way.

6- It is easily accessible to evryone from all over england (apart from the very extremities). The bay joining right onto the M4.

It has the councils 100% backing, transport links, more than an adequate amount of accomodation, would be ahuge boost to the economy of the area and also put cardiff on he map as being one of the fastest developing metropolitan cities in the UK.

 Ks KingPoker Ks

should have stopped at 5 ;)

i just see it as shorter than someone travelling from newcy to london and vice versa. Just annoys me that the dome is the automatic place because it basically gives the government a chance to cover up the £2,000,000,000.00 fuck up they made in 1997 when they decided to build the fucking thing!

that's why dome have the biggest chances to win this.

i know thats why it pisses me off.

DEMOCRACY WINS AGAIN! (does it fuck!)

Seems to me you think Cardiff should get it because it would help cardiff out, bolox to that build in the best place for it. If that happens to be london or surrounding areas then go for it!

I'm with flushy..I completely fail to see your reasoning behind any of the above posts..other then you would like to see it in Wales but vcan't think of any good reasons as to why it should be there.
 I would love to see it in glasgow but know it won't happen here (not the first one anyways) and can't think of any credible arguments as to why it should not be London...

Of course it should go in Brighton.......hell its close enough to london!

LOL, Flushy you think everything should be in Brighton:)

:D

When the proclaimers speak of walking 500 miles, and then walking 500 more, they were being figurative.

1- The profits from the casino would aid in the completion of the sports village being built more rapidly (would increase it by around 2 years)

2- Its not an immature game of i have more hotels than you, its just the fact that cardiff is more than well capable of hosting the inflow of visitors and other tourists that the casino would bring.

3- Yes! in one word!- That is exactly the point. Without development in the bay area with the sports village and casino 5000 possible jobs would not be possible.

4- links back to my reason 1 where inless money, which can only be provided by the casino, is accessed then the sports village cannot possibly be up and running in time for the 2010 ryder cup. Therefore meaning again a huge loss of possible revenue into the surrounding economy.  

5- It just seems to me that wales should have a fledgling casino. For it to go to Blackpool or london, which already has some of the UK's biggest casinos residing in them, seems to me a ridiculous idea.

6- Again this can be linked back to reason 2 where its not a petty case of having more. There is an optimum amount of accessible ways to get to cardiff which would justify the casino being situated in cardiff.

I think my reasons are a little more justified and mature than "hey it would be 10 minutes from my house"!!!!

Ks KingPoker Ks

Theres only one thing Brighton will EVER be famous for and thats being the GAY CAPITAL OF BRITAIN!!!! ;bumwiggle;

London seems like a pointless place for the supercasino, there are already tons of casinos and its not going to draw much more tourism.

I'd like to see Cardiff or Blackpool get the nod.

Anyway indeedy, not long until the announcement.

I think they will award it to a non - London venue.

London will complain and get their way.

Result 2 super-casino's rather than just the one. (but then I am just a cynic)

Brighton is capable of much more than that.

One day, it might be the gay capital of the whole of Europe.  ;scarymoment;

Thats what they said on jo guests uk uncovered! Are you doubting jo's reasoning to come to this decision!

In a two horse race between Greenwich and Blackpool, Manchester won.

Turn up for the books, that.

Super Casino - Manchester

Large Casinos - Great Yarmouth, Kingston upon Hull, Leeds, Middlesborough, Milton Keynes, Newham, Solihull and Southampton.

Small Casinos - Bath/NE Somerset, Dumfries and Galloway, East Lindsey, Luton, Scarborough, Torbay, Swansea, Wolverhampton.

http://www.culture.gov.uk/cap/pressnotices/press_finalpanelreport300107.htm (http://www.culture.gov.uk/cap/pressnotices/press_finalpanelreport300107.htm)

If they put it in Manchester that makes sense.

The full report is here - http://www.culture.gov.uk/cap/publications/finalreportcap_300107.pdf (http://www.culture.gov.uk/cap/publications/finalreportcap_300107.pdf)

Reading the full reasons, it seems regeneration prospects were the main concern. Greenwich was knocked back because it is already having a lot of money and construction to improve it, and Blackpool was excluded because they'd almost put all their eggs in one basket - the only regeneration plan they had was this one casino, and it was felt that the casino on its own would not be enough to  reverse the decline in the area.

Well atleast Manchester is in the centre of the UK (somewhat) and people can easily reach it. I don't particularly care about any supercasino's..not untill I see what they plan for poker anyways.

Was San Fabian in the running?  ;sark;

Where is that?

The Philippines

I live in London, but I don't want the Super Casino to go to Greenwich.  The simple reason is that I don't think anyone will go there if it's all the way out at Greenwich (unless you live 10 mins away  ;)).  Isn't that why the Millenium Dome flopped in the first place?

The super casinos are going to get most trade from tourists, and therefore I think it should go to one of the popular tourist places.  I therefore voted for Blackpool for that very simple reason.

Not quite sure why we're debating Brighton - it wasn't on the list.

Just my 0.02.

Turn Left at traffic lights, after 8000 miles you will see it signposted  ;)

seems a well thought out decision.

BBC news link here http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6312707.stm

What a crap chap choice!!!

Why not the dome? I just dont get it.

You build(or extend) a mass carpark in Manchester and the only winners are the car stereo manufacturers and retailers.

to be fair bolt i think your being very unfair!!!

You forgot about the car window manufacturers!  ;D

I spent the month of November, in it's entirity, creating false identitys.

All little old ladies from middle England, sending seperate objections to the commitee on the placing the Supercasino, all demanding, on puritanical grounds, that Greenwich not be chosen.

You see the lottery money spent on improving the original site, transport links etc, it would be unthinkable that the end result of this is helping a casino corporation. Profiting from the evil that is gambling. Far better that the site, and all the money spent there, goes to rot than help these monstrers.

The lottery itself isn't evil of course.

It's for the best in the end Bolt, your reverse Labrador system isn't going anywhere.

You only think that because you cant hack enough units of alcohol to understand it!!!

I can beat the house edge at Bacarat, but I need 12 grand, 10 pints of Beamish, and a pen.

Ive thought long and hard about your disparaging comment regarding my second hand roulette postulation and vehemently reject the implied derision.

And where you gonna get a pen from?

pen island of course

www.penisland.com

can you pm flushy that link, it might help take his mind off of the distressing International political crisis that has seemingly befallen Australia ::)

says the man who followed Rear Admiral with a flushy reference

On reflection that's quite a weak joke but but do you have any comprehension of how late it is for a diurnal being?

Its an expansive thread and i have to revisit previous posts from which i can derive an accurate sense of progressive comedic climate, this is difficult as I'm a perfectionist. ::)

Ive always lived by 3 rules on blonde:

1)cant think of witty riposte then call Flushy gay

2)found out better a Superior argument? compare Tikay to something very old(possibly imply he was around for the plague).

3)cant think of witty riposte then call flushy gay

Hows this..........

"After you vist that site, where are you going to find another 12k"?

Standard.

 rotflmfao Oh Bolt, please don't disappear again - you are the funniest guy I've ever not met!  That has made my day.  Long live Bolt!!!  :kiss:

 ;tightend; ;tightend; ;tightend; ;tightend; ;tightend; ;tightend; ;tightend; ;tightend; ;tightend; ;tightend; ;tightend;

Have to agree claw. That is the funniest thing i have heard  in all my 3 months on here. Bolt, u r the king of blonde thread comedy. Keep it coming u genius!!!!

 ;tightend; ;tightend; ;tightend; ;tightend; ;tightend; ;tightend; ;tightend; ;tightend; ;tightend; ;tightend; ;tightend;

ABSOLUTE CLASSIC!!

BOLT IS A MASTER!!

I am probably a veteran on this forum, I have not laughed so much ever, awesome, genious bolt, your da man rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao

GENIUS BOLT .... JUST GENIUS :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

LMAO!!   rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao

GENIUS!

 rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao Bolt = unsurpassed comic legend rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao

 ;tightend; ;tightend; ;tightend; :respect: :respect: :respect: rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao

Sometimes Bolt, you do seem to find these corkers...

got to agree with Welshie.............Bolt , you brighten up the darkest days................LEGEND

TY, TY, TY   ;thankyou;


I really dont know how i do it sometimes, these things just come to me, i surprise myself. ::)

Because you're a legend mate - don't be so modest :D

 :goodpost: ;iagree;

A comic thread genius and modest, what a guy!

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Well done folks

Poor old Claw was worried about going first, all exposed out there by herself, her main concern was that she appeared to be too far up someone elses arse. Bless her though, she overcame this fear and took one for the team.

JungleCat too, has been nominated for promotion due to his "unsurpassed comic legend" line going down well on the rail. Splendid work by all though. The desired "You w***er" reaction was achieved.

To be fair to bolt (good sport that he is) the man is a legend. This wouldn't be funny otherwise.

good team effort I thought

Its what blondes all about, targeting and isolating one person and ripping into them.

 ;topman;'s all around!

he's OK I suppose


LOL at KingPoker

Tank asked me to post (still paranoid by the way)

This may/may not explain everything


-Tank talks of beating Bacarat with 12 grand, 10 pints of Beamish and a pen

-Bolt asks where I'll get the pen from

-Tank makes a homo erotic joke (the pen island thing)

-Bolt makes flushy is a poof gag

-Tank slags off bolt for making flushy is a poof gag (I think I said that if he doesn't get his finger out, we'd send him back to the real world)

-Bolt blames lack of sleep for lack of creativity, and asks what would you have said tank?

-Tank offers the "where are you going to get another 12 grand gag after you've been to that site" gag

-Bolt likes the gag, so much so that he asks if I can delete my previous 4 posts, and he can use it instead (I'm quite sure he was just joking in hindsight)

-Tank quickly says yes. Deletes his last four posts in thread

- Bolt now feels duty bound to use my gag as his own.

- Tank gets this pm.........


Quote from: bolt pp

I feel so dirty!!! oh comedic vanity,thy name is bolt!!!!

will you still respect me in the morning?? lol



and immediately thinks. Gotta get Claw to post about rolling on the floor to the joke bolt has borrowed.

Now we all need to piley on and see how many of us it takes before he realizes it's a set up

Just a bit of chronology, should anyone read thread and wonder wtf is going on.

Fair play to you Bolt. Top man.

Quote from: bolt pp

I feel so dirty!!! oh comedic vanity,thy name is bolt!!!!

will you still respect me in the morning?? lol


Clockwork Orange?