In the southern part of Nuremberg, the number of gambling halls and betting offices is increasing.
The city wants to take action against it and is therefore changing development plans.
Nuremberg - There are 128 gambling halls and betting offices in Nuremberg * - more than in any other Bavarian city.
Most of them are located south of the main train station *.
The area is densely built up and the number of unemployed is particularly high.
The oversupply of amusement arcades exacerbates social tensions there, as an inventory by the city planning office shows.
The "confrontation with play opportunities on all daily routes" represents an extreme burden, according to the study.
Nuremberg: City limits venues to certain streets
The city now wants to counter this and has changed the development plans in the areas "Südstadt-Ost" and "Südstadt-West", reports
Nordbayern.de
.
In the east of Südstadt, gambling halls and betting offices will only be permitted on Scheurlstrasse, Allersberger Strasse and Pillenreuther Strasse.
In the west, the same applies to Gugelstrasse, Bahnanlage, Karl-Bröger-Strasse, Pillenreuther Strasse and Frankenstrasse.
In all other parts of the affected areas, gambling halls and the like will no longer be allowed in the future.
The measure is intended to strengthen the position of the city in relation to the gambling clubs.
However, it only affects venues that are being newly built.
Existing establishments enjoy grandfathering.
Nuremberg: Many betting shops are not approved
Will that be enough to curb the flood of gambling halls? SPD city councilor Gerald Groh hopes to
Nordbayern.de
, but still sees problems. Many betting shop operators do not even have a permit for their shop. Corresponding lawsuits are, however, protracted and are often circumvented by the operators with a trick: They wait until shortly before the verdict is announced, then close their business and later reopen it under a different name.
Groh therefore wants the Free State of Bavaria to allow stricter measures.
In an amusement facility concept, the city of Nuremberg had planned that there must be a distance of 250 meters between two venues in the future.
However, the project failed because of the State Treaty on Gambling.
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