Florida Panthers' Michael Yormark: Bring on a Destination Casino!

Submitted by Nancy Smith on February 26, 2013 - 11:12am

One of the surprises-to-many of the opening Florida Gaming Congress session -- called "Destination Florida?" -- was Michael Yormark's strong endorsement of at least one destination casino in South Florida. Yormark is president of Sunrise Sports & Entertainment, better known as the National Hockey League's Florida Panthers.

"Over 42 million tourists a year patronize the mall across the street from our arena (in Sunrise)," Yormark said of the massive Sawgrass mall complex. "We would be happy to see more, happy to see anything that brings more of them to Sunrise."

Raising his voice for emphasis, he told the 175 Congress attendees, "A destination casino is "completely consistent" with our operation. We compete with the Dolphins, Marlins and Heat, not anybody who brings more visitors here.

"We are taking a very active interest in the passage of the right legislation to bring a world-class casino resort to South Florida."

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