Whatever helps you sleep at night. Zabel was just voted: "third offensive lineman to finish top three in Offensive Rookie of the Year voting in the past ten years"
I agree, even at 5% do you really need the Pilot program. If it doesn't cash flow without the tax incentive's then you're in trouble. I think the bankers too are complicit in telling their customers to ask for tax breaks even if they don't need them.
The question is would they build without the Pilot program? They claimed there is only a 2% vacancy rate in the city, so if true they wouldn't need Pilot.
Might have helped if the tribe was more transparent like where is the money coming from, where are they going to get 800 employees, why GF and not Minot. Was always going to be a big pull as the rest of the tribes would be against it.
What's Bo up to now? Is he hoping to get drafted? His going to UND was good for UND but a case can be made not for Bo. If he would have had a qb to show case his talents he might have been invited to one of the senior bowls and offered a spot for the NFL combine. Just my opinion.
The original agreement with the state of ND was a casino could be built on reservation land only. The land purchased by the tribe is not on their reservation.