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Michigans Business Community Split on Casino Advertisement PlansMichigan's business community is split on whether the state should spend money to promote its 20 casinos in state-sponsored tourism promotion. Forty-nine percent of Crain's subscribers surveyed about tourism issues believe casinos should not be included in state-sponsored advertising, while 48 percent though they should. Three-quarters of those were opposed to adding to the state's 17 tribal casinos and three commercially owned Detroit casinos. Nelson Westrin, partner in the gaming and hospitality practice group of Honigman Miller, said the survey results show sentiment in Michigan toward casinos remains conservative, yet they also show business people recognize casinos as part of the entertainment Michigan has to offer visitors. The survey was completed by Lansing-based EPIC-MRA for Crain's Detriot Business and the law firm Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP, EPIC-MRA conducted the survey polling 500 randomly selected management level Crain's subscribers throughout Michigan the last week of June. Results carry a margin of error of 4.4 percent. The completion of permanent casinos hotels in Detroit was ranked as the top new attraction expected to boost tourism in the metropolitan Detroit area. C asinos also are viewed as a critical link to tourism and economic development, Westrin said. Assuming all amenities were the same, survey respondents preferred state-licensed commercial casinos over tribal-owned casinos, but 38 percent were undecided and 38 percent reported that they do not visit casinos.
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