Now it's down to a casual boom. There was nothing on the weekends, now there is a constant stream. If life for Detroiters isn't significantly better yet, it's not because the casinos aren't raking in profits. A lot of revenues that usually flow to headquarters stay here. It's an incredibly large windfall injection of revenue into the central business district.
All signs point to gambling becoming more prevalent in the area.
Yet MGM's intake was much larger than just the gambling that Casino Windsor lost. The additional casinos make this more of a destination location. We know that more people go to Atlantic City because there are 12 casinos rather than one. Yet casino critics say that's money people would spend elsewhere in the city. And while there are no firm numbers, some suburbanites who had avoided the city are coming downtown, thanks to the casinos.