CenTex GuyMore casino issues in Texas
June 20th 2008 00:37
Texas gamblers got some bad news recently when Texas Treasures Casino Cruise became docked for repairs. Docked for repairs as the summer tourist season gets underway, nice.
But that's not the only bad news. The bad news is that the owners aren't sure that the ship will even return. According to a story in the Corpus Christi Caller-Times, the ship operator and the ship owner are in dispute over repair money and have the dispute in court. Since the boat is leased to the operators, the operators are responsible to keep the ship in the state they got it. The operators docked it with the owners for general maintenance, an the owners then claimed that their were generators that had been damaged and needed repair. That's the dispute in a nutshell.
Based in Port Aransas (Corpus Christi) area, the boat would travel into international waters allowing patrons to gamble legally as casino gambling is illegal in Texas.
Now local merchants are getting hurt as many patrons would come in spend a night, then board the ship and leave town. Some of the comments from the story show many people ready to make alternative plans including (surprise) Louisiana and Oklahoma. In the long run, the area probably won't be hurt significantly as Texas beaches are a big tourist attraction, but you can bet that some casino owners in Louisiana are smiling just a bit more today.
But that's not the only bad news. The bad news is that the owners aren't sure that the ship will even return. According to a story in the Corpus Christi Caller-Times, the ship operator and the ship owner are in dispute over repair money and have the dispute in court. Since the boat is leased to the operators, the operators are responsible to keep the ship in the state they got it. The operators docked it with the owners for general maintenance, an the owners then claimed that their were generators that had been damaged and needed repair. That's the dispute in a nutshell.
Based in Port Aransas (Corpus Christi) area, the boat would travel into international waters allowing patrons to gamble legally as casino gambling is illegal in Texas.
Now local merchants are getting hurt as many patrons would come in spend a night, then board the ship and leave town. Some of the comments from the story show many people ready to make alternative plans including (surprise) Louisiana and Oklahoma. In the long run, the area probably won't be hurt significantly as Texas beaches are a big tourist attraction, but you can bet that some casino owners in Louisiana are smiling just a bit more today.
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