The tribe there bought the empty Sears Roebuck store in downtown Duluth, declared that lot to be part of their reservation land, and opened a casino there. It seemed to be doing well the last time I was in Duluth -- well patronized by locals & visitors.
But the locals jokingly referred to the "tribe of Sears & Roebuck". Now this might happen in south Minneapolis, too? Is this a trend -- all the empty Sears stores across the country becoming casinos?
Tim Bonham, Ward 12, Standish-Ericsson
(Long time customer of Sears at Lake St. I'm still wearing some shirts I bought in the close-out sale there (quality merchandise!). Grandma lived about 2 blocks from there, and I remember as a child going down on Thanksgiving afternoon to walk around the store and look at the store windows, with their brand-new Xmas displays. They used to make up the displays the day before Thanksgiving, but kept them covered until Thanksgiving morning.)
I am totally in favor of turning the Sears Center into a Casino. It would provide a big economic development tool for that area, and would keep all the money that's leaving our neighborhoods from going to Shakopee on the Mystic Lake bus.Barb Lickness Whittier
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