Conceptual
Outline
a. Background
Research
At first, I would like to declare that
I am not a gambler. Before I chose this
topic, I had already changed topics several times.
I thought about, for instance, opening a new business
such as a paint ball land in open space in GVRD. Then,
I searched on the website at http://www2.mybc.com/home_page.html
where I found out that there are at least five paint ball
lands in Richmond. As a result, I gave up on the idea since
it is very difficult to find a suitable location for a paint
ball business, with the presence of so many competitors in Greater
Vancouver.
Subsequently, I decide to construct
a medium- to large-scale casino because
of the absence of major casinos such as Las Vegas casino
in GVRD. Also, the article of 'All Bets are On" is
one of the proponents of opening casino in Vancouver.
The writer pointed out several advantages of
how a new casino can stimulate the economy in Greater Vancouver.
Therefore, it seems to be an interesting idea to
find the location for the casino. The first thing
I need to do is to know more about the operations and regulations
of casinos in Canada. Details can be found at the
government website: http://www.city.vancouver.bc.ca, by searching
either "gambling" or "casinos", and also related information
is available in a non-government website: http://www.casino-gambling-reports.com/,
which includes some issues and analysis of building
casinos in communities in United States and Canada.
b. Study Design
Six Conditions will be analysed as following:
- population density
- average income by census tracts
- competitors (other small-scale casinos)
- major hotels (which do not obtain casinos)
- landuse (to restrict opening a casino proximity
to residential and school zones)
- major roads (to evaluate accessibility)
Talking all the
above conditions into account, MCE will help come up with the most suitable
location for building a casino in GVRD.