Opposition to Casino in Centre County

Is a casino really in the best interest of college age people?

Say NO to casino

Not a good addition top our community!

We don't need it here.

I say NO to the casino

I do not want any kind of casino at the Nittany Mall in State College, Pa.

Gambling can ruin peoples' lives. We do not need this in State College, PA.

Strongly oppose the casino.

No thank you, casinos is the last thing we need.

I am the parent of two PSU grads one of whom is raising 4 children in State College. I do not want my grandchildren raise in a community where addictions - to gambling, drugs, sex , etc. is normative. This is what happened in Atlantic City and many other communities where casinos are located. Furthermore organized crime always arrives and corrupts local, county and state politics to it’s advantage. If you want to ruin the Lives of students of 10,000 students/ year who come to state College to get an education and then send them forth to become leaders and decision makers in t towns and cities throughout Pennsylvania, the region, nation and the world for the sake of short term gain, the you are cools and you will spread your disease to others. Please, don’t invite these parasites into your community and ruin the good name of Penn State world-wide

Many communities regret bringing a casino to the area, in particular tin such close proximity to residential areas. Let's not be one of them.

As a local behavioral health provider, I have concerns about a casino being put in a town where so many families live. While it would bring additional business to State College, it would also bring additional crime, public drunkenness, and increase the risk of gambling addictions. I do not support a casino being in State College.

There are many lessons we can learn from other communities who were lured into hosting casinos and then regretted it. Let's not convince ourselves that this could be good at the detriment of what will be left behind after we've proven it was bad.

Casinos are not stand-alone businesses - aside from the obvious destruction that gambling can cause, they open the door to many other forms of corruption wherever they turn up. Keep them out of Nittany Mall and State College in general!

The addition of a casino to our community would result in implications which could cause detrimental challenges to this small college town. Please do not allow the license to be issued!

I am vehemently opposed to the casino proposed at the site of the old Nittany mall.

A casino would be a harmful long term influence for our community.

A casino is NOT an asset to any community. It would bring crime and addiction. I oppose in the strongest way, building a casino in State College.

I firmly oppose the establishment of a casino in our community. A business that profits creating addiction should not be allowed in our city.

I strongly oppose the building of a casino in our community.