The casino plan was further clarified, with an artist's conception of the proposed six story casino and 12-story hotel complex on display.
He did not, for example, view gaming on the ferry as a threat to his casino plan, he said.
There is no shortage of potential investors willing to share in Singapore's casino plans.
The casino plan requires legislative approval under a recent state court ruling.
Some people have oppose the Lytton Band's casino plan.
The Yankees, who held talks with Amato last year, have declined to comment on the possible casino plan.
However, large-scale casino plans have not come to fruition.
The casino plan, he added, "gets an A for imagination: it is about as far from a public purpose as you could find."
And that, tribal leaders said, could indefinitely postpone any casino plans.
You can see exactly where the story's going: the '68 election, the Mob's foreign casino plan, Nixon in office, all that.