Singapore may just be a newcomer in world gaming tourism, but is now making a name as a topnotch destination for jet-setting casino players. This Asian city-state prides itself of the Marina Bay Sands and Resorts World Sentosa, which are two mega-entertainment complexes that combine casinos with water resorts, oceanariums, shopping malls, and a Universal Studios theme park! And obviously Vegas is the epitome of casino tourism, named by Forbes as the oasis of gambling with 75 casinos, including the Venetian, MGM Grand Las Vegas, and Bellagio (among others). Since the legalization of gaming in 2005, Singapore is now home to two of the world’s biggest casino resorts, Marina Bays Sands and Resorts World Sentosa. The Casino is located just 20 minutes east of Kingston and 10 minutes from the U.S. There are 480 slot machines, ranging from 1¢ to $5, with favourites such as Wheel Of Fortune, Monopoly and John Wayne Progressive.

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A Win for All of Norfolk

The Norfolk Resort and Casino will be a premier tourism destination for people from all over the Mid-Atlantic and beyond to visit. It is estimated that 6.2 million people will visit each year! Yes, you read that right. The Norfolk Resort and Casino is expected to generate 6.2 MILLION visits annually. This infusion of tourists from all over the country will have a tremendous impact on businesses all over the Hampton Roads region. Of those 6.2 million visitors, nearly a million of them are expected to be coming from out of state.

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Not only are these visitors great for generating local tax revenue, but they will also bring more sales revenue to surrounding restaurants, hotels and locally-owned small businesses. While many of our visitors will stay at the resort, there will be plenty who want to see what else Norfolk has to offer and will choose to book rooms at other hotels and explore other dining and entertainment options. Making Norfolk the premier destination in all of Hampton Roads will be a boon for the local economy and help elevate the City’s tourism reputation to its proper location at the top of the list!

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Buffalo Philharmonic

As Buffalo’s cultural ambassador, the Grammy Award-winning Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra under the leadership of music director JoAnn Falletta presents more than 120 Classics, Pops and Youth Concerts each year and reaches over 40,000 students (K-12) across all eight counties of Western New York. Since 1940, the orchestra’s permanent home has been Kleinhans Music Hall, a National Historic Site with an international reputation as one of the finest concert halls in the United States.

The BPO has toured widely across the United States and Canada including the Florida Friends Tour with JoAnn Falletta in March 2010, the first multi-city tour since the 1988 European tour. The BPO has been invited to perform at Carnegie Hall as a participant in the prestigious Spring for Music festival in 2013. This will be the orchestra’s 24th appearance at Carnegie Hall and its first since Music Director JoAnn Falletta led the orchestra in a much heralded appearance there in June 2004.

During the tenure of current music director JoAnn Falletta, the BPO has rekindled its distinguished history of NPR broadcasts and recordings, including the release of 21 new CDs of a highly diverse repertoire on the NAXOS and Beau Fleuve labels. The Philharmonic’s Naxos recording of composer John Corigliano’s “Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan,” featuring soprano Hila Plitmann, won Grammys in two categories of the three for which it was nominated: Classical Vocal Performance and Classical Contemporary Composition.

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