By AVA TURNQUEST

Tribune Staff Reporter

aturnquest@tribunemedia.net

LEGISLATION to bring three Las Vegas-style casino mega resorts to South Florida - and in direct competition with Bahamian hotels - has been passed by a US Senate committee.

Florida lawmakers began their examination of the Bills yesterday after a 7-3 vote in the Senate Regulated Industries Committee on Monday.

Last year, Kerzner International Bahamas' managing director George Markantonis expressed concern about the proposal.

He said the establishment of high-end resorts in the immediate area and on US soil would be a problem not just for Atlantis and Baha Mar, but the entire tourism industry of the Bahamas.

Since ...

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