Developer Proposes Gambling Complex in Norcross
The lottery-fueled facility could help the economy and fund the HOPE scholarship, says developer.
A local developer is hoping that residents are ready for a new gambling facility in Norcross, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution sourcing the Associated Press. Developer Dan O'Leary told AP that he wants to build a $1 billion entertainment complex that could help boost the state's economy and HOPE scholarship program. The complex would include a hotel, a theater and a game floor with 7,500 lottery machines, says the article. The development, according to O'Leary, could make $700 million in annual revenue with $350 million each year for HOPE, and create 2,500 new jobs and a thousand additional construction jobs. The complex would be built near Jimmy Carter Boulevard and I-85 South at the OFS headquarters. O’Leary has a contract …
Daria Williams
8:20 pm on Thursday, April 5, 2012
This would be wonderful! give people what they want..we go to North Carolina and Alabama to do what we want that money could be staying in GA.....And I won't have to drive for two hours....Get it together GA more ›