{"id":108510,"date":"2019-07-05T10:04:38","date_gmt":"2019-07-05T17:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=108510"},"modified":"2019-07-05T10:04:38","modified_gmt":"2019-07-05T17:04:38","slug":"miami-beach-mayor-opposes-monorail-pitch-from-casino-giant-genting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/miami-beach-mayor-opposes-monorail-pitch-from-casino-giant-genting\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami Beach Mayor Opposes Monorail Pitch From Casino Giant Genting"},"content":{"rendered":"

Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber (D) has urged the Miami-Dade Board of Commissioners to forego a vote on a monorail proposal from casino giant Genting that’s scheduled to occur next Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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The mayor of Miami Beach doesn’t want to be connected to a casino downtown via public transportation. (Image: Miami Herald)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Genting and its gaming brand Resorts World has long been trying to build a multibillion-dollar casino resort on 30 acres of land it paid $236 million<\/a> for in 2011. No change in state law has come to allow the commercial casino to move forward, but that hasn’t stopped the Malaysian-based gaming and hospitality corporation from continuing to invest in the area.<\/p>\n

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Genting is in the final approval stages to build a 300-room hotel tower and residential apartment building over the expanded Omni Station bus terminal located on the property. Now, Genting is offering to fund construction of a monorail line that would connect downtown Miami to Miami Beach at a cost of $48 million per mile.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Depending on the specific route \u2013 which would be known as the Beach Corridor \u2013 the expenditure could be upwards of a quarter of a billion dollars.<\/p>\n

Miami Beach Opposed<\/b><\/h2>\n

This week, the Miami-Dade Board of Commissioners said the monorail proposal from Genting is “viable,” and a “turnkey” solution that would be fully funded by the casino company. They plan to vote on the bid July 10.<\/p>\n

Gelber says the city shouldn’t be doing business with a company that has alternative motives.<\/p>\n

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Although I can only speak for myself as Mayor, I believe that most or all of my Commission will strenuously object to any plan that might allow for, or even contemplate, a casino that is placed nearby or that is actually tethered to our community,” Gelber said in a letter to the Miami-Dade commissioners. “Our City has for many years opposed casino gaming within our city limits or outside our gateways.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

“I believe casino gambling is an existential threat to our community fabric and our quality of life,” the Democrat wrote.<\/p>\n

Genting’s ultimate goal is to build Resorts World Miami on the land it currently owns. Past proposals have called for an investment of $3.2 billion, which would make it one of the largest developments in Florida history.<\/p>\n

Florida Gaming Law<\/b><\/h2>\n

The Sunshine State is amid a stormy legal fiasco when it comes to its gambling laws. In May, the Seminole Tribe, which owns and operates its Hard Rock casinos, terminated its revenue-sharing<\/a> payments on grounds that the state has ran afoul of their gaming compact.<\/p>\n

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The tribe is afforded the exclusive rights to house-banked card games \u2013 most importantly blackjack. The Seminoles contend that in July 2015 when the state signed off on allowing parimutuel racinos to offer player-designated blackjack, that exempted the tribe from the compact.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Former Gov. Rick Scott (D) reached a deal with the tribe in April 2018 that kept the tax payments coming in exchange for the state cracking down on player-designated games. The tribe apparently feels there hasn’t been adequate enforcement, and therefore discontinued the checks.<\/p>\n

Commercial casinos remain outlawed in Florida, something Genting will need to change to achieve its Miami goal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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