Moore, meanwhile, has pulled the first card.

The majority of the middle class moved out.” Many of the fine neighborhoods have deteriorated. “Everyone knows what happened to Atlantic City. “I can just visualize neon signs everywhere cheapening the old atmosphere,” he says. People come to the French Quarter for the architecture, the food and the music, he says, grimacing at the idea of casinos. Umbrellas shade the row of portrait artists beside Jackson Square where Marcel de Nievre has spent the better part of 23 years flattering visitors with his paintings. He smiles - flashing six gold-plated front teeth, one carved with a heart - and heads for an unsuspecting tourist. “I bet I can tell you how many letters are in your last name. “It’ll cause more muggings, robberies and stealing,” he predicts and then reveals his latest hustle, usually done for a $2 wager. He makes his money the hard way he hustles it. Outside Big Daddy’s, the midday sun beats a stream of sweat over the two fat scars slicing the right side of Mario Baptiste’s head as he approaches tourists. They’ll tie up parking where nobody wants to come into the Quarter.”

“We’ll never see them leave the property. “The people will come in, check in at the casino, eat there, play there and be gone,” says Mike Mulroney, a bartender at The Fatted Calf. Belmonte sees a casino complementing the Quarter’s tourist trade, others say it will be direct competition. If they are talking about morals, New Orleans is a city of sin anyway.”īut if Ms. The money the casinos make takes care of everything. Baltimore Sun eNewspaper Home Page Close Menu

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