While the casino amendment easily passed with voters last fall, there is opposition to the actual siting of the gambling halls, although most proponents had just assumed, poor, desperate and unsophisticated upstaters would line up to beg for one.
In the more upscale and tony Saratoga Springs area many feel they don't need or want it as things are fine there already.
White Area Ceded to Indians
The state had been carved up into regions that would get a new private sector casino with other large swaths, including us, being lumped into areas where Indians get exclusivity.
The Albany-Capital District region was slated for a casino in Saratoga....If they don't want it, there's always Schenecrtady.
Upstate, Opposition to a Casino Is a Surprise - NYTimes.com
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