I live near a casino and have seen the economic boom it provides.  

Let me give you an example.Someone has started a new website platform and they continuously market and boast how awesome their features are.

On a side note, in Texas we can do anything and everything we wish to with a deposit or prepaid rent be it buy a boat or head to the casinos in Louisiana. 

If you want gambling excitement, go to the casino. 

Here is the Coliseum Specific Plan project description:The Coliseum Area Specific Plan ("Coliseum City") seeks to transform the underutilized land around the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum and Arena into a world-class sports, entertainment and science & technology district that boasts a dynamic and active urban setting with retail, entertainment, arts, culture, live and work uses.

Like my folks who visits casino every year betting a low hundreds on slot machines...

(Luckily they overturned themselves later, but little help if you went out business in the meanwhile.)Ps.  150,000 hotel rooms, some as cheap at big name casinos as $30/night.

I am cool  with buying something I perceive to be a good value and just sitting on it.. like that property I bought up in Rohnert Park next to the Graton Casino in 1995.... its only been 24 years but return on investment on that one will be literally 100 times what I paid for it.. and it cost me 300 a year in tax's and money that was pocket change to buy.. now granted what I do most wont as they need monthly income but I make monthly income in my real estate business and have basically zero income from rentals..

Based on the 2014 figure, 53,000 units comes to 20% to 22% of all rental units in the city, an amount of rental housing that the city boasts about as so unusual that Boston is recognized as a superior national model of success.

I left right as construction was starting on the casino.