Casinos on the scale found in Brantford and proposed in Peterborough should be thought of more as gambling dens than entertainment complexes. They aren’t attractions with unusual architecture, sideshows, hotels, convention centres and performances, the kind of pleasure palaces found in Las Vegas or on a smaller scale in Niagara Falls or even Casino Rama. They’re straightforward gambling venues, and all the activity is contained within rather than spilling out into neighbouring streets and buildings. Read more