legal argument is warranted<\/a>, and the case will be determined later should the P2E referendum pass with majority support.<\/p>\n“Stand Up St. Tammany,” one of the leading opposition groups to the casino effort, says if the referendum passes, residents should expect a second casino to be built in Mandeville along the Tchefuncte River.<\/p>\n
Parish officials, however, maintain that is not the case. They explain that a second casino would need to go through the same referendum process as P2E, with voters ultimately in control. The parish government and Louisiana Gaming Control Board would additionally have to approve such a development.<\/p>\n
Parish Not Financing Camellia Bay<\/b><\/h2>\n
Another argument floated by the casino opposition is that St. Tammany will be on the hook to help finance the construction of Camellia Bay and the sports complex. That’s because P2E would be pledging to pay back the loans over many years.<\/p>\n
Lorino said bonds have “never been discussed,” and the financing claim is yet another “misrepresentation of the facts to try and confuse the people.”<\/strong><\/p>\nIf approved, the Camellia Bay blueprint suggests a 79,000-square-foot casino with 1,200 slot machines, an undetermined number of table games, a poker room, and a sportsbook. The resort would come with a 100-room hotel, spa, fitness center, and seven restaurants. A pool and 50-slip marina complex would complement the destination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Voters in Louisiana’s St. Tammany Parish are deciding whether to authorize a single commercial casino development in Slidell on the Lakeshore Marina. Local government officials say opponents to the gaming project have included dishonest information in their recent campaigns. St. Tammany voters on December 11 will face only one ballot question — the gaming matter. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":194117,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,61],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Opponents of Proposed Slidell Casino Spew False Information<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n