Area businesses are looking for a boost if a casino is built in Toledo.

“Definitely, because once people try the food here, they come back,” said Greg Shubeta, owner of Shubie’s Ice Cream & Grill in Rossford.

Some area businesses in Rossford are already counting the dollars and sense from Ohio’s proposed casinos, even before voters decide whether they will be built.

Backers of a proposal to place casinos in Toledo, Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati submitted enough signatures to qualify for the November ballot.

The planned site for a Toledo casino would be right off I-75 at Miami Street, next to the Pilkington Plant in Rossford. The proposed land sits on the Rossford-Toledo border, but will call Toledo home.

For the complete story, please see Shaun Hegarty, Business expect boost from casino, FoxToledo.com, Jluy 22, 2009.