Y'know, I'm not surprised to see John LaFalce's hand in preventing this. that a$$hat did absolutely NOTHING for this area in his 20 something years in Congress. Why should that awesome streak of do-nothing-ness stop just because he's retired?
FWIW, I'm not a gambler. I hate slot machines and I'm too cheap to patronize $5-$10 minimum gaming tables . . .
As part of the "new" downtown Buffalo, this would have been an excellent addition. As for the casino only attracting locals, at least their money isn't going to Canada (or NF, or Salamanca, or Turning Stone, etc.).
My $.02 . . .