Casinos Carry Detroit Hope and Separation

The vision from Mayor Dennis W. Archer’s 11th floor office in City Hall is apparently all he needed to convince himself that the idea of merging the casinos in the Detroit River is well worth the emotion and the divisions that have taken this city so closely in recent days.

There are, in the murky waters of the Detroit River in Windsor, Ontario, two sit shimmering casinos operated by the Canadian Government, drawing thousands of players every day Michigan through the bridge and tunnel that connect these international neighbors. ''They have a corner on the market, because there is nothing nearby to challenge them, Mr. ''To the extent that there is no burden with casinos, we have already with the Windsor casino, and we have no benefits.''

Building on hope and chance to restore a city built with steel and bolts of the automobile industry, the City Council approved a plan Thursday to the biggest city of Detroit in the United States with casinos. If the control commission approves the casino, the three casinos will be built on 57 acres next to the world headquarters of General Motors Corporation.

Approved land-based casinos

Michigan voters had already approved land-based casinos in Detroit, but Thursday's vote in favor of specific plans for a complex $ 1.8 billion three hotels and casinos was crucial. Mr. Archer's decision last fall not to award any of the city in a game license black-owned developer created dissension in a city of 76 per cent of black population, a mayor black and of a predominantly black city.

Also hope for a defeat was anti-game organizations, which had started the campaign for a ballot to overthrow the city, the right to license casinos.

Mr. Archer, who won his second term with 80 percent of the vote last March and has strong support from local businesses, not only was vilified by some blacks as a Negro miss educated'','' but he also angered many white business owners for breaking a promise not to put the casinos along the waterfront in the city of the waterfront district calls its renaissance.

Bid for a casino

A person probably is not one of those friends is Don H. Barden, a black man who made millions as a business operator of cable television and owns a casino boat in Indiana. Mr. Barden, whose bid for a casino license was deemed low by the mayor last fall, has vowed to continue fighting.

"It's a matter of principle, in a city of this type of population. When blacks are in control of the political process, and they find that blacks are qualified, they should be required to make the decision on behalf of their own.''

A collection prepared by Mr. Barden name must include an item on the first ballot in March, should be one of the bonus casino controlled by blacks. A support group of Mr. Archer, who has insisted that he chose the three proposals that were the best in the city, is organizing a ballot, which is to affirm its decision.

''My fiduciary responsibility called for me in a competitive situation to do what was best for the city,’ said the mayor. ''

The casinos are projected to create 11,000 permanent jobs, making the gaming industry in the city, the sixth largest employer, rivaling GM all Detroit-based work force. Annual forecasts of tax revenue are $ 130 million for the city and $ 100 million for the state.