Opposition to Casino in Centre County

No casino please

I’ve lived near a. Casino and it was NOT a good experience! State College is a family town and a college town. A casino does not represent the values of either of those towns.

Having lived within a mile of the casino in King of Prussia, we saw first hand the negative aspects of having a casino in our community. It was very disheartening to drive by and see the handicapped parking spaces nearly always filled. We need to be sensitive to those among us who need help and not put them in a position of false hope. Gaming is not a positive influence for our children, students, families and friends. Let's set our standards for State College on excellence.

The Centre Region is a wonderful place for families that does not need a casino.

A casino is the wrong business for our area. It will not help us develop as a community.

I am Opposed to putting a gambling casino in Centre County.

I oppose the cascino.

This proposed casino will hurt those that can least afford the $$$$ they will lose!

Gambling is bad for individuals, bed for families, and bad for the community.

other than Las Vegas, I am not aware of casinos improving the lives of citizens in surrounding areas

This WILL bring crime to our area

As an advocate for young people in our community this casino is a terrible idea and takes away from our university and family town atmosphere.

It's a college town, there's absolutely no need for a casino. Keep them elsewhere.

When I moved to College Township, PA in 1970, I could never have dreamed that I would one day have to sign a petition to stop a casino from opening in my peaceful university community. A casino is not a proper fit for my neighborhood or the State College Area at large. The quality of life here is excellent for the most part, although greedy investors and developers are doing everything thay can to lessen and destroy it. Developers from Chicago and elsewhere are building high-rise structures on many street corners of State College whether the community needs them or not. Developers and investors are eyeing areas around State College, including College Township. The proposed casino is just one example. Never mind that most of the people who will regularly frequent such an establishment will be the ones who can least afford to do so. Gambling (or gaming as it's delicately called now) can often become like any other addiction. You think it will never affect you or your loved ones, but I bear witness that it can. I have a loved one with a serious addiction, and it has destroyed her life and perilously impacted her family. I would not wish this fate on anyone. I don't understand why a community such as ours with all it has to offer would want a casino with all it brings. There is more to life than money, although the movers and shakers who will benefit monetarily from a casino at Nittany Mall might not think so. Malls all over America are dying. It is just a sign of our times. The Internet is rife with clever and meaningful ways that malls have been repurposed to benefit the communities and residents where they are located. Surely a university community such as ours could do the same. After the novelty and newness of a casino in our midst wears thin, do the majority of residents here want to deal with the aftermath? Sure, College Townshlp officials will have a few more dollars to spend and probably mismanage to some degree. But will resid

We do not need a casino here.

I have young children and am a licensed social worker in the state of PA. I’ve seen firsthand the economic devastation that casinos create in communities, and I think it’s a terrible idea for our community here to have one.

Please do not approve this casino. I’m concerned for the negative impact it will have on our college students, our neighbors who are at risk of financial fallouts, and the negative impact on the safety of our town.

No casino please.

We do not need a Casino in Sate College.

Thanks for your efforts to stop gambling and crime in our area.