According to Hungarian developer TriGranit, the new development will take another four years before it opens its doors. TriGranit has estimated that it will provide almost 10,000 jobs during its contruction phase and will then create 28,000 full-time and temporary jobs.  While this would provide a much-needed boost to the area, residents are worried about the negative impact of having Europe's largest casino and entertainment centre next door.  Specifically, they are worried about the area acting as a magnet for criminals.

Across the country, those opposed to the project have collected signatures from citizens who feel the same way.  So far, protestors have gathered 125,000 signatures of people who are opposed to the casino construction on moral and cultural grounds.

One resident said "we live in a suburb and feel that that this investment is  a dangerous one.  We fought for a long time to get rid of the criminal elements in our negihbourhoods and don't want them to return here."

Some lawmakers are also opposed to the large scale project.  The Speaker of the House has promised that parliament will examine the issue and the leader of the Christian Democrats thinks the time has come to legislate against certain aspects of the construction.

Pavel Svojka, a man involved in getting the petition started, said "casinos should not be built in recreational areas, and the laws concerning casinos and the tax they pay should be changed. If a casino makes higher profits, it pays less tax, relatively, and that's not right."

TriGranit says that the entire project from start to finish will cost €1.5 billion euros and should take less than 5 years to complete.

Read this in Hungarian