Morula Sun Casino move approved

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Pretoria kry nou wel sy eie casino.

Die Gautengse dobbelraad het Sun International Donderdag per brief laat weet sy aansoek is goedgekeur om sy dobbellisensie vir die Morula Sun-casino in Mabopane, noord van Pretoria, na die Menlyn Maine-kompleks in die ooste van die stad te skuif.

Graeme Stephens, uitvoerende hoof van Sun International, het in ’n verklaring gesê die skuif maak baie sin vir almal. “Die Morula Sun-casino maak ’n geruime tyd nie meer geld nie.”

Die nuwe Time Square-casinokompleks van R3 miljard sal bestaan uit ’n vyfsterhotel met 100 kamers en tien suites; ’n konferensiesentrum; binnenshuise arena met plek vir 8 000 mense; verskeie winkels, restaurante en kroeë; parkering vir 2 785 voertuie en ’n casino met 3 000 dobbelmasjiene en 100 dobbeltafels.

Sun International sal in die plek van Morula Sun ’n hotelskool en dobbelakademie bou in samewerking met die Universiteit van Nevada in die VSA.

Die huidige personeel sal die opsie gegee word om by die nuwe casino te werk.

Busse sal die werknemers van die Mabopane-omgewing na die nuwe ligging aanry.

Sun International het gesê bouwerk sal so gou moontlik *begin.

Een van die grootste besware teen die verskuiwing van die casino na Menlyn Maine is dat dit direk aan die Glen High School sal grens.

Openbare verhore is in April by die NG kerk Moreletapark gehou waar verskeie mense wat teen die casino gekant is hul besware daarteen kon laat hoor.

Sowat 6 000 besware is destyds ingedien. Onder hulle is groot gemeenskapskerke in die ooste van Pretoria, skole, kolleges, aftreeoorde en sakeondernemings.


Nog besware sluit in geraasvlakke, dat die verkeer drasties sal toeneem en dat dwelmverslawing ook sal toeneem.
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So Morula Sun will be moved to Menlyn (well the license) and the existing building in Mabopane to be converted into a gambling academy & hotel school in-conjunction with the Uni of Nevada.

Good move. Like Monte I presume there will be a lot of other activities other than just gambling.
 
JOHANNESBURG – Sun International says it has no choice but to relocate its struggling Morula Sun Casino from the Mabopane township to Pretoria-East because it's inaccessible and continues to face stiff competition.

The group has submitted an application to the Gauteng Gambling Board to move the casino and resort to Menlyn, in a proposed R3 billion project.

Sun International CEO Graeme Stephens says the development will have positive spinoffs.

“The operation will be significantly more profitable than where it is at Morula. Morula today is an old license and it’s in a location now, which is very difficult to get to, and it’s facing a lot of competition from lots of alternative gaming and it’s going backwards as a consequence.”

But the proposed plan has been met with fierce opposition, with church leaders in Pretoria-East arguing that the development will do little to improve the environment or the community.

Community representative Michael Newman says, “It helps the unemployment, it helps to create jobs, it helps in terms of black economic empowerment. But again the social cost in the broader community, is it beneficial or not? Church leaders were unconvinced by Sun International’s position.”
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http://ewn.co.za/2014/04/03/Morula-Sun-Casino-to-be-relocated
 
The Gauteng Gambling Board has granted the relocation of Sun International’s Morula Casino and Hotel gambling licence to Menlyn Maine, near Pretoria, the hotel group said on Thursday.

Chief executive Graeme Stephens said the decision came after a prescribed public participation process in terms of the Gauteng Gambling Act.

The transfer of the licence from Morula in Mabopane would enable the company to build a R3 billion urban entertainment centre at Menlyn Maine.

“Morula Casino and Hotel has for some time experienced a decline in revenues due primarily to its relatively inaccessible location and the growth of non-casino gambling activities in its catchment area.”

Menlyn Maine, however, was closer to source markets and had good highway access.

“This will maximise the potential of the licence for all stakeholders, including employees, Sun International shareholders and provincial and national government in terms of gambling taxes.”

In the first five years, Menlyn Maine was expected to generate R1.7bn in gaming taxes and VAT, with estimated revenue to government of R2.7bn.
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http://citizen.co.za/222881/gambling-board-grants-sun-international-licence-relocation/
 
Live in the general area. No probs with this. More security companies around then hopefully. But yes, it will be right next to The Glen Highschool.
 
supersunbird said:
Live in the general area. No probs with this. More security companies around then hopefully. But yes, it will be right next to The Glen Highschool.
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I am more worried about the traffic.. That area is already a mess in peak times..
 
OrbitalDawn said:
/sigh

This is gonna screw up traffic big time. The roads surrounding Menlyn Maine are already congested and this will just make it so much worse.
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Well, a short commute on Serene onto Aramist if you can get a casino job :p. They upgraded parts of Garsfontein road, now if they can just upgrade the rest of it. There are plans to upgrade Atterbury as well.
 
OrbitalDawn said:
/sigh

This is gonna screw up traffic big time. The roads surrounding Menlyn Maine are already congested and this will just make it so much worse.
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More time to be harassed by car-charger/bootleg DVD sellers and windscreen "washers".
 
supersunbird said:
Live in the general area. No probs with this. More security companies around then hopefully. But yes, it will be right next to The Glen Highschool.
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Which side? Towards January street?(Gen Louis Botha)

Besides the staff.. how does gamblers work do they gamble anytime of the day or do they sit there till the money is finished.

All I have to say is. Hello armed robbers :(
 
supersunbird said:
Well, a short commute on Serene onto Aramist if you can get a casino job :p. They upgraded parts of Garsfontein road, now if they can just upgrade the rest of it. There are plans to upgrade Atterbury as well.
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Yeah, and even with the upgrades it's still a bit of a fsckup. Takes forever to complete, too. :(

TJ99 said:
More time to be harassed by car-charger/bootleg DVD sellers and windscreen "washers".
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They'll probably have security to keep the rabble away. But they'll just hang around right outside the boundary of the casino's property. :/
 
Mila said:
Which side? Towards January street?(Gen Louis Botha)

Besides the staff.. how does gamblers work do they gamble anytime of the day or do they sit there till the money is finished.

All I have to say is. Hello armed robbers :(
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Between Aramist road and the school. Other side of the street from WorleyParsons building. There's a piece of empty ground with trees planted in rows.
 
OrbitalDawn said:
Yeah, and even with the upgrades it's still a bit of a fsckup. Takes forever to complete, too. :(



They'll probably have security to keep the rabble away. But they'll just hang around right outside the boundary of the casino's property. :/
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I meant in the streets, especially Atterbury. There's already a small army of them. When the traffic gets worse, it will turn into a large army because victims will be stuck there longer.
 
Double strike for traffic. This and the plan to re-purpose Atterbury as a major BRT corridor.
 
They've been building for months now where the yellow circle is, I assume that's for something else because I doubt they will have been building before getting final approval, my money is on the red circled area:

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This is going to F^*k up traffic in this area badly. Going to also introduce more unsavoury characters to the area and surrounds. Bad move IMO !
 
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