Genting might not try to build a casino in Miami for another ten years

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The Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce is staying put at the Omni Center for the next decade, closing the door to a casino conversion of the property for at least a decade, said chamber President/CEO Barry Johnson.

“There are no plans for the next 10 years for any gaming in the Omni complex,” Johnson said according to the told the Business Journal.

The Genting Group announced it planned a quick conversion of the Omni into a casino shortly after buying the property for more than $160 million in 2011. The Omni conversion was part of a larger plan to convert the property next door into a four-hotel casino resort that would also have included convention space and lots of retail. But the state Legislature didn’t cooperate with its plan, rejecting Genting’s multiple strategies to win a license for downtown Miami.

“We have been told no gaming in this facility for the next 10 years,” Johnson affirmed. “I have no idea about their other plans.”

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