Back in February, we learned that Ohio casinos might make another appearance on the ballot this November, after being shot down multiple times over the past decade. The big difference with this new proposal is that the Columbus casino location would sit very close to the heart of downtown in the undeveloped western portion of the Arena District.
Many on Columbus Underground have voiced their opinion on the casino proposal… some for it, and some against it… but according to this Dispatch blog post, the casinio gained a huge new opponent yesterday: Nationwide. NRI (Nationwide’s real estate development arm) has almost singlehandedly built the entire Arena District as we know it, and they’re making it pretty clear that they are anti-casino.
Anyone want to start placing bets on whether or not this will spell doom for the casnio proposal, or if the developers will simply relocate a few miles away to another location place that might not have such strong opposition?