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Genting Group

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    March 21, 2012

    Genting Scraps Plans for Herald Site, Goes Back to the Drawing Board

    ​Genting Group shocked South Florida when it bought up the Miami Herald's current bayfront property and unveiled its ostentatious plans for Resort World Miami. The proposed project looked like a futuristic, alien city, with 10 million square feet of space, two hotel towers, two condo towers, a gia ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2012

    Miami Herald Might Move to Doral

    ​Sure, Doral seems like a decent place to run the United States' military operations in South and Central America, but is it a good spot to headquarter a once-proud metro newspaper? The Miami Herald might soon find out. The South Florida Business Journal reports the Herald is now in negotiati ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2012

    Where Will the Miami Herald Move? Somewhere in This Inner-City Box

    ​The Miami Herald have sold their bayside building to the Genting Group, the casino-happy Malaysian conglomerate, and today publisher David Landsberg sent out a memo to the staff confirming that they'll vacate their current digs by May 2013.Random Pixels has obtained that memo, and in it Landsberg ... More >>

  • News

    December 15, 2011

    Miami Art Museum name game

    ​The Miami Herald have sold their bayside building to the Genting Group, the casino-happy Malaysian conglomerate, and today publisher David Landsberg sent out a memo to the staff confirming that they'll vacate their current digs by May 2013.Random Pixels has obtained that memo, and in it Landsberg ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2011

    Cabinet Members Pam Bondi and Adam Putnam Join Anti-Casino Push

    ​The fight against the rise of destination casinos in South Florida just got two of its biggest supporters yet. Sitting Attorney General Pam Bondi and Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam, both elected Republican members of the cabinet, announced their support of the No Casino campaign today.The t ... More >>

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    November 10, 2011

    Occupy Miami: County hall isn't the only Miami institution that needs protesting

    ​The fight against the rise of destination casinos in South Florida just got two of its biggest supporters yet. Sitting Attorney General Pam Bondi and Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam, both elected Republican members of the cabinet, announced their support of the No Casino campaign today.The t ... More >>

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    November 4, 2011

    Occupy Miami Needs to Expand: Five Places Worth Protesting the Crap Out Of

    Lead on, Pied Piper. To Star Island!​"Occupy Miami is hidden," one woman randomly complained to us over the phone earlier this week. "No one even knows that they are there!"To be fair, she may have a point. Tucked behind the Stephen P. Clark Government Center like a cozy small-town college tailgat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2011

    Carlos Gimenez, Getting Cash From Genting and Magic City Casino, Tests His Loyalty

    Genting Americas President Colin Au and Mayor Carlos Gimenez​Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez could soon be at odds with two major casino operators supporting his re-election run in 2012. That's because a pair of state bills that would pave the way for three destination mega-resorts with full-scale ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2011

    Frank Nero and Luther Campbell: Great Minds Thinking Alike?

    Beacon Council President Frank Nero​The head of Miami-Dade's semi-public economic development arm is in tune with Miami's raunchiest columnist. Beacon Council President Frank Nero told the Miami Herald today that he believes plans by companies from Malaysia and Las Vegas to build mega-casino resor ... More >>

  • News

    October 6, 2011

    Reader mail: Genting casino will help Miami's economy

    Beacon Council President Frank Nero​The head of Miami-Dade's semi-public economic development arm is in tune with Miami's raunchiest columnist. Beacon Council President Frank Nero told the Miami Herald today that he believes plans by companies from Malaysia and Las Vegas to build mega-casino resor ... More >>

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    September 29, 2011

    Three Miami mayors block Genting casino

    Beacon Council President Frank Nero​The head of Miami-Dade's semi-public economic development arm is in tune with Miami's raunchiest columnist. Beacon Council President Frank Nero told the Miami Herald today that he believes plans by companies from Malaysia and Las Vegas to build mega-casino resor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2011

    Genting Group's $3 Billion Resorts World Miami Includes Public Land

    Joe Carollo​In this week's Miami New Times, we take a peek at the brewing battle over the The Genting Group's grandiose plan to redevelop the Miami Herald's storied waterfront home into a gigantic casino resort,  Leading the criticism is former Miami Mayor Joe Carollo, who warns the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2011

    Mayor Regalado Wants to Make Sure City Gets Cut of Casino Taxes

    With Genting Group ready to plop down billions on a planned new high end casino in downtown Miami after a law-changing stop in Tallahassee, few prominent politicians are opposing it, as much as they are making sure their interests get that tax money. Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado wants to make sure the ... More >>

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    September 22, 2011

    Genting casino will kill Miami and Miami Beach

    With Genting Group ready to plop down billions on a planned new high end casino in downtown Miami after a law-changing stop in Tallahassee, few prominent politicians are opposing it, as much as they are making sure their interests get that tax money. Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado wants to make sure the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2011

    Genting Casino Will Kill Miami and Miami Beach

    Luther "Luke" Campbell, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Campbell explains why the Genting Group, the Malaysian gambling company that bought the Miami Herald and Omni properties, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 8, 2011

    Herald The Dragon: Miami's Only Daily Bets On Asian Gambling Giant

    Miami Herald bets on ass kissing.​A dragon from the Far East has devoured the Miami Herald business section's soul. Last week, the newspaper's Business Monday pullout featured a five-page cover story and two side bars about the Genting Group, the Malaysian gambling conglomerate that wants to build ... More >>

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