The President of Baton Rouge Casino has recently proposed to use casino revenues for financing expenses, such as salaries. According to Holden, operational needs are considerable, and there is no point in not using gambling revenues to cover these expenses.
Riverboat gambling brings a lot of money to the state treasury. These casinos have to pay the city-parish for their patrons and they do not charge them any admission fee. An example of this situation is the Casino Rouge. This casino has to pay the city-parish 2.50 dollars for each patron, as we said, without charging the patron on board any admission fee. The result is that the city government accumulated over 5 millions dollars from floating casinos in less than a year.
Unlike his predecessors, who thought that gambling revenues would be a good economical resource for financing infrastructure projects, Holden suggests to use 2 million dollars from expected casino revenues to finance operating expenses. Holden believes that these funds could have been used as a stable financing source since 1994, and instead of financing roads or construction projects, it would be much wiser to use them for operational needs, such as salaries.