Baltimore. Its the fifth casino opened in the state since 2010. The new location in National Harbor is expected to open two years from now. The question tonight. Is there enough business to support all this rapid growth. Maryland bureau chief brad bell joins us live from marylands newest casino with what he found. Brad. What we found is a party complete with show girls straight from vegas. It is a Party Atmosphere here tonight. They believe they will succeed. And one of the reasons is they say theyre not competing for a finite number of gamblers. They believe the market will grow as the opportunities to gamble grow. The horseshoe baltimore is a true vegasstyle casino, just blocks from the ravens stadium and the orioles camden yards. 122 table games and a poker room. And its 13 miles from the huge maryland live casino, but is expected to be a hit. The market has shown they enjoy the gambling product. So our competitor just about 13 miles away is doing great business. Competition definit
Surreal to say the least to see that. Many worry the city could again explode in violence violence that president obama said this morning he has seen too many times before. Those were his words. Across the country, as tensions between police and black communities have boiled over weve seen that tension at least for one night stayed mostly at bay here in the city of baltimore. Law enforcement did impose that 10 00 p. M. Citywide curfew and fired smoke canisters to disperse some protesters. Today school was back in session keeping the streets mostly empty for much of the day. Now that school is out crowds in places like north avenue could pick up. And with a report on freddie grays death not expected to be turned over to the states attorney until friday and by the way, that report likely will not be seen. People will not see it. People here remain very ill at ease. Theres a lot to talk about in the hour ahead. John this very strange day over there at the ballpark. Tell us more about what
Baltimore you are and who you have with you. Were right across from the cvs. A wellknown rapper throughout the industry decided to come out to the community. You said you wanted to come out here because of the pain you saw on peoples faces. Absolutely. At this point right now, what i can offer right now, im not a politician im not a superhero, but if i can offer a boost to the morale of people in baltimore, then thats what im going to do. I went to go speak at a couple schools. I wanted to hear straktight from the horses mouth, so to speak, about what we could do to improve the morale. They want to be heard. They just feel like black people as a whole have been the door mat of society, door mat of america for so long. Thats unfortunate. You know you look on the news and all you see is this. All you see is them breaking into a cvs. Thats only one small portion of baltimore. I think its unfortunate thats all thats being depicted. Your music has opened doors for yourself but you obviously
(The Center Square) – Lawmakers involved in North Carolina budget deliberations plan to extend a 1% tax on prepared food and drinks officials want to use to help renovate the