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Re: What pieces do you wish existed?
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Wed, 18 Aug 1999 16:58:48 GMT
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If I ever had a real reason to move to a Detroit suburb here it is. ;-)

$800M each? Sounds like expensive rent. And it'll probably be more like $900M
when all is said and done due to cost overruns.

-Tom McD.
when replying, "My Life with Spamcake" scored 143 out of 144 in the latest
Nielsen ratings, right above Roseanne's talk show.

In lugnet.general, Gary R. Istok writes:
Scott,  In 2004, when they open up the three permanent downtown Detroit • Casino's (MGM Grand,
Circus Circus, etc) on the riverfront (800 million dollars each), there will • probably be
something like the "Caesar's World of Shops" (in Las Vegas).  That is where I • would love to
set up shop, where people from all over will be by to visit.  Since you're • the first AFOL
I've ever met in person, you have first dibs on any job openings, heh-heh.

Just a pipe dream for now...
Gary Istok

Scott Edward Sanburn wrote:

Oh, Oh, Oh, I would work for you, Gary! Where do I sign up?! YES! :)

Scott Sanburn

Gary Istok wrote:
I'd like to open up a Lego store (how about a bulk parts store where you • can get
2 scoops of arches and 1/2 pound of tiles to go).  I'd also like to set • up my cityscape
in the display window, and spend part of the time offering building • seminars.

Just a dream right now, but you never know!  This, of course, is assuming • that I give
up the lucrative profession of being a computer consultant.  But that • involves giving
up doing what I can make money at versus doing what I love.

Gary Istok




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Tom, the MGM Grand (temporary) $250 million casino opened 3 weeks ago with the other 2 "temps" opening up in the next 2 months. Metro Detroit will be North America's largest gaming center (population wise) when it's all done. There are 5 million (...) (25 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)

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  Re: What pieces do you wish existed?
 
Scott, In 2004, when they open up the three permanent downtown Detroit Casino's (MGM Grand, Circus Circus, etc) on the riverfront (800 million dollars each), there will probably be something like the "Caesar's World of Shops" (in Las Vegas). That is (...) (25 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)

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