AS a Mancunian it appears to me we have the supercasino only because London has the Olympic Games.

Personally speaking, I think it would have been better all round if our friends in Blackpool had won. Manchester is now a great place to shop and . . . well that's about it.

Now Blackpool has an up and coming airport literally on the doorstep of the town, convenient for rich gamblers to fly in and maybe even make a week of it to take in all the other fun things to do. Seriously I mean who wants a week in east Manchester? I would have been tempted to a week in Blackpool with the family, east Manchester no!

Andrew Barlow Dorset Street Bolton