The Governor of the US state of New Jersey is not against casinos outside of Atlantic City.
Chris Christie said he would approve partnerships of the kind soon to be announced between the Florida-based Hard Rock gaming company and the Meadowlands Racetrack for a casino in north Jersey - as long as tax revenues from such ventures would help to revitalise ailing Atlantic City.
Speaking on his monthly radio show, Christie said that while no one had presented the proposal to him, he had heard “rumblings” that the state Legislature planned to place the idea on the November ballot for a statewide referendum on expanding gaming to the northern part of the state.
“I have absolutely no problem with that question going on the ballot right away,” Christie said. “The competition's only going to grow, in New York in particular. And so if we could plant our flag firmly in the ground, I think it would make the project even more successful.”
