September 26, 2019
Volume 49 - No. 39
By Cindy Benson
From Forbes Magazine to the world’s foremost experts on the Indian Casino Industry, to public surveys and polls as to why people like some casinos more than others – these topics are all explored in this in-depth look at “The Battle of San Diego County Indian Casinos.”
INDIAN CASINO BATTLES RESEMBLE “ARMS RACE.” According to such world-renowned analysts as Dave Palermo (awardwinning newspaper reporter and The Paper - 760.747.7119
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author of several articles on American Indian Government and Gambling Laws for well over 20 years), the current, ongoing ‘high stakes’ battle of Southern California casinos is now resembling “A hospitality arms race.” The aptly-described “Hospitality Arms Race” between powerful sovereign Indian Government Nations in casino warfare operations, indeed, draws strong parallels between competing nations during the nuclear arms race of the Cold War Era, when world governments
battled for a decisive edge to ensure survival-of-the-fittest.
CASINO “EXPLOSIONGROWTH” CAN CAUSE MUTUAL DESTRUCTION. As with the Nuclear Arms Race which led to the realization of MAD (the concept of “Mutually-Assured Destruction” of all competing nations during an allout nuclear warfare exchange), so also are Southern California Indian casinos aware of mutual financial destruction – or at least great mutual harm -- in a now “unstoppable and runaway momentum to out-do
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each other.”
Today’s heavily saturated San Diego County casino industry have locked horns in a multi-billion dollar runaway expansion battle which has placed great financial stress and pressure on every side.
Under such competition for improved hospitality amenities such as high-rise hotels, lavish swimming pools, and eclectic restaurants, casinos initially report heavy financial losses in pursuit of lavish expansion costs and are,