Comments on: Gullfoss and Geysir and not much else http://icelandweatherreport.com/2010/02/gullfoss-and-geysir-and-not-much-else.html Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:07:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: vikingisson http://icelandweatherreport.com/2010/02/gullfoss-and-geysir-and-not-much-else.html/comment-page-1#comment-13378 vikingisson Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:35:18 +0000 http://icelandweatherreport.com/?p=3458#comment-13378 Worst idea, evar.. Money could potentially flow but it won't help the overall economy unless you build Vegas and make it the primary industry. Ontario brought in gambling and endless lotteries during our last kreppa, billions of dollars are flowing and still the gov cries poverty. You'll never see a krona from it. Most of the money will come from your own people no matter what the proponents say. bad bad idea. Worst idea, evar..
Money could potentially flow but it won’t help the overall economy unless you build Vegas and make it the primary industry. Ontario brought in gambling and endless lotteries during our last kreppa, billions of dollars are flowing and still the gov cries poverty. You’ll never see a krona from it. Most of the money will come from your own people no matter what the proponents say.
bad bad idea.

]]> By: Laura http://icelandweatherreport.com/2010/02/gullfoss-and-geysir-and-not-much-else.html/comment-page-1#comment-13369 Laura Thu, 11 Feb 2010 04:00:22 +0000 http://icelandweatherreport.com/?p=3458#comment-13369 Can't comment on the politics or who will make a killing, but it is a good idea, especial considering the lucrative tourist trade. Can’t comment on the politics or who will make a killing, but it is a good idea, especial considering the lucrative tourist trade.

]]> By: hildigunnur http://icelandweatherreport.com/2010/02/gullfoss-and-geysir-and-not-much-else.html/comment-page-1#comment-13351 hildigunnur Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:59:14 +0000 http://icelandweatherreport.com/?p=3458#comment-13351 The argument: "It's better to have gambling out in the open since it's happening anyway" (the main argument) does sound a bit like: "Since there's gambling going on anyway, it's better to be able to make money from it" And it DOES seem like Arnar and Bjarki have never been outside Reykjavík... The argument: “It’s better to have gambling out in the open since it’s happening anyway” (the main argument) does sound a bit like: “Since there’s gambling going on anyway, it’s better to be able to make money from it”

And it DOES seem like Arnar and Bjarki have never been outside Reykjavík…

]]> By: Andrew (the other one) http://icelandweatherreport.com/2010/02/gullfoss-and-geysir-and-not-much-else.html/comment-page-1#comment-13350 Andrew (the other one) Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:06:42 +0000 http://icelandweatherreport.com/?p=3458#comment-13350 We had a similar debate here in Saskatoon a few years ago. Some hotel owners were promoting the idea that to be a "destination" for big spending tourists, you had to have a casino right in the middle of town. There was some mention of attracting big international conferences, which apparently require a casino. Well I've been to big international scientific conferences where we managed just fine without a casino. Maybe scientists are just not gamblers... The idea went to a city wide plebicite (vote) and was roundly defeated. It didn't stop the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations setting up their own casinos on reservations of course. Honestly, do you want to go to a place with outstanding scenery and of great natural beauty, and go and sit in a casino? Not me. That's why Las Vegas is in the middle of the desert - no nice scenary to distract from the gambling. We had a similar debate here in Saskatoon a few years ago. Some hotel owners were promoting the idea that to be a “destination” for big spending tourists, you had to have a casino right in the middle of town. There was some mention of attracting big international conferences, which apparently require a casino. Well I’ve been to big international scientific conferences where we managed just fine without a casino. Maybe scientists are just not gamblers…

The idea went to a city wide plebicite (vote) and was roundly defeated. It didn’t stop the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations setting up their own casinos on reservations of course.

Honestly, do you want to go to a place with outstanding scenery and of great natural beauty, and go and sit in a casino? Not me.

That’s why Las Vegas is in the middle of the desert – no nice scenary to distract from the gambling.

]]> By: Jim http://icelandweatherreport.com/2010/02/gullfoss-and-geysir-and-not-much-else.html/comment-page-1#comment-13337 Jim Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:13:08 +0000 http://icelandweatherreport.com/?p=3458#comment-13337 just a bit of triv. It's my understanding that casinos need 'whales' to make money as opposed to minnows. just a bit of triv.
It’s my understanding that casinos need ‘whales’ to make money as opposed to minnows.

]]> By: kevin o'connor waterford ireland http://icelandweatherreport.com/2010/02/gullfoss-and-geysir-and-not-much-else.html/comment-page-1#comment-13336 kevin o'connor waterford ireland Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:04:04 +0000 http://icelandweatherreport.com/?p=3458#comment-13336 Nice little taxation idea, although it would be good for the tourist industry as tourists are by definition people that go to places they don't live in and splurge money at an unsustainable rate that that they would never dream of doing back home,the car hire,the hotels,the drink,the restaurant meals, I used to go with my friends to a casino in Perth Western Australia,you got free coffee and biscuits,the drinks where among the cheapest in town and the female blackjack dealers had the most impossible low cut dresses in town ha ha. Nice little taxation idea, although it would be good for the tourist industry as tourists are by definition people that go to places they don’t live in and splurge money at an unsustainable rate that that they would never dream of doing back home,the car hire,the hotels,the drink,the restaurant meals, I used to go with my friends to a casino in Perth Western Australia,you got free coffee and biscuits,the drinks where among the cheapest in town and the female blackjack dealers had the most impossible low cut dresses in town ha ha.

]]> By: sylvia hikins http://icelandweatherreport.com/2010/02/gullfoss-and-geysir-and-not-much-else.html/comment-page-1#comment-13335 sylvia hikins Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:48:13 +0000 http://icelandweatherreport.com/?p=3458#comment-13335 I hope that wouldn't result in the mafia arriving in Iceland as well as the banksters? I'm not sure that your economy could support both groups operating side by side! sylvia from viking wirral I hope that wouldn’t result in the mafia arriving in Iceland as well as the banksters? I’m not sure that your economy could support both groups operating side by side!
sylvia from viking wirral

]]> By: sigga http://icelandweatherreport.com/2010/02/gullfoss-and-geysir-and-not-much-else.html/comment-page-1#comment-13334 sigga Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:00:51 +0000 http://icelandweatherreport.com/?p=3458#comment-13334 What happened to the third corner of the triangle??? Ah yes, that was parliament - maybe the new gaming hell should be located there? Afterall there will be someone putting in an application for the hotel that burned down. We could become like the native American reservations... We could become tax free. I am sure that the IP party would love that... Oh Alda... life is full of opportunities. (we just need to figure out a way to get the ones that lose all there money to disappear - oh, ofcourse, Gullfoss and Geysir will take care of that!) What happened to the third corner of the triangle??? Ah yes, that was parliament – maybe the new gaming hell should be located there? Afterall there will be someone putting in an application for the hotel that burned down. We could become like the native American reservations… We could become tax free. I am sure that the IP party would love that… Oh Alda… life is full of opportunities. (we just need to figure out a way to get the ones that lose all there money to disappear – oh, ofcourse, Gullfoss and Geysir will take care of that!)

]]> By: James http://icelandweatherreport.com/2010/02/gullfoss-and-geysir-and-not-much-else.html/comment-page-1#comment-13332 James Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:03:43 +0000 http://icelandweatherreport.com/?p=3458#comment-13332 Perhaps the casino could be for foreigners only, with passports checked at entry, so there's no risk to Icelandic citizens and society. Tourists could see Gullfoss and Geysir in the mornings, before the casino opens... Perhaps the casino could be for foreigners only, with passports checked at entry, so there’s no risk to Icelandic citizens and society. Tourists could see Gullfoss and Geysir in the mornings, before the casino opens…

]]> By: Silvia Planchett http://icelandweatherreport.com/2010/02/gullfoss-and-geysir-and-not-much-else.html/comment-page-1#comment-13330 Silvia Planchett Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:50:59 +0000 http://icelandweatherreport.com/?p=3458#comment-13330 Considering the amount of corruption in this land of Oz, a casino would would definitely fit quite nicely. Considering the amount of corruption in this land of Oz, a casino would would definitely fit quite nicely.

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